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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by File Monarch has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. 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.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
51fd9eff80e736e63bdcc1664c3629e4

SHA-1:
f95102a83241adb5b16637bde9c00634e8f7ddc5

SHA-256:
9a0ef28c1e58e63ce2b78999b0241f4362ed83201e750ab4fc6e8e8feac4466d

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
5/3/2024 4:33:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.FileMona.Bundler (M)
16.4.27.10

File size:
265.4 KB (271,736 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion Install

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:
File Monarch

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Monarch, O=File Monarch, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00E65C750985B066CBB7B485ACF86E58B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/4/2014 5:00:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:BU1lVhY2L1OsNmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGslX2H:6zVh13TDkbJqL3J7HgGsEH

Entry address:
0x15FDF

Entry point:
E8, BE, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 54, 81, 41, 00, 68, 49, 60, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, D0, 41, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, 8A, 5B, 41, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1457

Code size:
90.5 KB (92,672 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download1286endpoint.com/track/install?gluid=gyaEYiQh4MIYSem0qAaTwdewsALD yqydce5mNHIieBdm5WFh3qkqg5vuEUoIMS2rLiseqwCytpl6gP6AP/JXI8CKV HsZMBxYQT5mj6VGgqSJEc0OvALOcHVWnMBwm9tg5uLY33LN8k8IMD09aWWr26hAa7uSOuYH1JAIsOC9BmMNAZe2c6oJkTRdohvahTezsz/QcUcE4Cvsy1Lx/MfF7elVHn5A6dUxCHsATXbtr/yFM/NPcMQIm6StbpRNQa2DOgiQUqpYkVzz0IqsYHsKDFVo5m96sMLQGpd7oZjD0H9vWby2md/jCciI1Ie4mN1rEa3YNJugBEmMYo1/m62ntPexhOuPr6IS9h6RVyE4srwXUAjUNWe5T4M8eQIewX4en1JPIqZrgLqsetBDZslNLH/M3KSrRZcIC/nP8TAUYv QABf/O99mg8GqKnmMdo48F6kXwNEQ1GBSipR/2LYGBRcYKlznRA&_alc=1&_cb=1&dlink=http://yourinstaller.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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