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FUSION INSTALL

The Fusion Installer, which is a variant of Adknowledge's download manager bundles a number of ad-supported offerings in the installer. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL has been detected as adware by 42 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
bb7eb119672818bb1d71e305691f84e9

SHA-1:
fddfe15de1190a8a6384fd7acb847124578a7a8a

SHA-256:
300de10175a62cd9e63af10df15af33ec5bbbc0d3214b032c6a63e460c0ae368

Scanner detections:
42 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components (toolbars, coupon extensions, ad-supported extensions and utility offers).

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:03:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
678

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Buzus
2014.02.09

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxjr
7.11.141.184

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150328

AVG
Win.Threat.Medium
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.15328

Bitdefender
Application.Generic.593289
1.0.20.435

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-271
0.98/19168

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.IBryte.S
17991

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2183
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
8.15.03.28.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.Q application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/IBryte
3/28/2015

F-Prot
W32/Backdoor2.HTKO
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-28-03_7

G Data
Win32.Application.OptimumInstaller
15.3.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.3.7

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.AdWare
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11351

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2015.03.28.06

McAfee
Artemis!5032EA165D47
5600.6812

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.593289
16.0.0.261

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.csqzwh
0.28.0.58101

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.3
11.20150328

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.555816
14.05.16.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
15.03.28.06

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Adknowledge
15.3.28.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.14B5
23.00.65.15326

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9969

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.XGSDMHC
37.0.10943

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0127
7.2.87

Trend Micro
TROJ_BUZUS_DD30051C.UVPA
10.465.28

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
27502

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.776
2.0.0.1791

File size:
540.8 KB (553,768 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:
FUSION INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FUSION INSTALL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=FUSION INSTALL, 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:
3615E290FD8B112928257EE3CD74B519

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/20/2014 10:53:11 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:hFAyqdxc+D0saWGXq6Q3g53ERmGM8MFi07ApR9:UusaWn39R7M8MFi07O9

Entry address:
0x3B908

Entry point:
E8, C7, 60, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, A8, 7D, 47, 00, E8, CA, 09, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 18, 23, 48, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, CA, 62, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 2C, 70, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D6, 09, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, AD, 61, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 74, 0F, 48, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 02, 56, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 2A, 54, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 44, 21, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
6.4422

Code size:
403.5 KB (413,184 bytes)

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

http://secure.2-fusioninstall.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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