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player-chrome.exe

INSTALL THIS

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by INSTALL THIS has been detected as adware by 52 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

player-chrome.exe

Publisher:

Premium Installer (signed by INSTALL THIS)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

38281bf835d3f2b605a40ce84975d2bf

SHA-1:

f64948d49acd705a6f9795dc2c23f07dfb084951

SHA-256:

9604de05256f1461b62ed223b5eac2ff9d1bd67c7f665e94cec5502d323ac1fe

Scanner detections:

52 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:

This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 8:50:32 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

868

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.iBryte

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.IBryte

2014.07.18

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.159.114

avast!

Win32:IBryte-DT [PUP]

2014.9-140919

AVG

Adware AdPlugin

2015.0.3346

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

1.0.20.1310

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Ibryte-1108

0.98/19312

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.IBryte.X

18817

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.28218

9.0.1.0262

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Application.Bundler.AH

8.14.09.19.09

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AQ application

8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

W32/Wonton.J!tr

9/19/2014

F-Prot

W32/A-c255719d

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-19-09_6

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of flashplayerpro_setup.exe (Adware)

2014.11.30.17

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.AdPlugin

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.180.12733

Kaspersky

HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic

14.0.0.3226

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.09.19.09

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!DF0CA657827D

5600.7002

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dbjabf

0.28.0.60698

nProtect

Adware.IBryte.Y

14.08.19.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.19.09

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.iBryte.DK4

9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.INSTALLTHIS.N

14.9.19.22

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Agent!6.162B

23.00.65.14917

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.Downloader/Variant

10349

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

31088

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.1207

2.0.0.1857

File size:

240.8 KB (246,560 bytes)

Product version:

2.4.8.1

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\player-chrome.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

INSTALL THIS

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/3/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=INSTALL THIS, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALL THIS, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, C=US

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

022C6886F5C72FEED25746F4AC3BA8CE

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/10/2014 12:00:15 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:uO+JHWHQN1FrYQ1GpyBy8La5/1HkyxyfJisHcvSAm25v6lpCiWs:LoWHQjBh1GsByMs5xbm8QpCO

Entry address:

0x10311

Entry point:

E8, 96, 36, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 78, 92, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 5C, 90, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.1255

Code size:

158 KB (161,792 bytes)

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