home

player-chrome.exe

File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by File Monarch has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. 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:
Premium Installer   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
501d9138b53e37c74a283e90eaa7c59c

SHA-1:
fec71e08f3ae941f3ab92f44b59810931e8da23f

SHA-256:
3ed0e2186fb8e0d583ce4fdb43bc02ba8466967baa17da6c66e0d60a63d617a0

Scanner detections:
31 / 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:
4/26/2024 4:03:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Kazy.427497
886

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.16

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxmz
7.11.166.250

avast!
Win32:IBryte-EF [PUP]
2014.9-140902

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2015.0.3364

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.1492

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Kazy.427497
1.0.20.1225

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19178

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.27296
9.0.1.0245

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.IBryte.AF
8.14.09.02.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AX application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-f45b4d3a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Kazy
11.2014-02-09_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Kazy.427497
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.5.0

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3315

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.09.02.12

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!0D59CA479E98
5600.7020

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Kazy.427497
15.0.0.735

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.IBryte.ddtkup
0.28.2.61519

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20140902

nProtect
Adware.IBryte.AF
14.08.18.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.02.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.cf5
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FileMonarch.N
14.9.2.0

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
32186

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.206074
2.0.0.1899

File size:
143.4 KB (146,808 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 6:59:59 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:
8/20/2014 1:49:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:eFPEGEmeEGE1ETlxgjfQZCIl8ZuO7/8aXHXlZXLIvZ3oLLhjLmOiU6fEyPXXT0Ul:QRZe1kYgj4Z+ZuO7HX1ZbmZJLt6Y

Entry address:
0x5737

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, F8, A1, 40, 00, 89, 0D, F4, A1, 40, 00, 89, 15, F0, A1, 40, 00, 89, 1D, EC, A1, 40, 00, 89, 35, E8, A1, 40, 00, 89, 3D, E4, A1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 10, A2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 04, A2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, E0, A1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, DC, A1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, D8, A1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, D4, A1, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 08, A2, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, FC, A1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 00, A2, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 0C, A2, 40...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.4654

Code size:
21.5 KB (22,016 bytes)

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

http://thedownloadonline.com/track/install?adprovider=marmarfc&source=marmar_source3&_al=1&_cb=1&cpixel=http://PartnerPixel-702897885.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/Installer/Conversion?adProvider={adprovider}&source={source}&context=Z2dXVpZD01YTlmOTUyOS04MjhkLTRlMzEtODgzYi02M2U1NTUxMTY2ZGY&dlink=http://easysetupinstall.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

Remove player-chrome.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.