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player-ie.exe

INSTALL DOT EXE

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-ie.exe, “Premium Installer ” by INSTALL DOT EXE has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by INSTALL DOT EXE)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
814dcc54f814ae90951bbeccf02d8822

SHA-1:
6f7567a672e23c8fc60f247400949825a931ba83

SHA-256:
13daf1aef5c78c9d5a6b1697017f3908c0ffc165f4539a7c49b58d593dec3660

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
5/27/2024 7:17:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller
2014.02.01

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140404

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3514

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Ibryte.EDF
17706

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2076
9.0.1.094

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.O.gen (variant)
8.9363

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.4.4.17

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.04.04.05

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.csqzwh
0.28.0.57473

Panda Antivirus
Adware/iBryte
14.04.04.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.INSTALLDOTEXE.J
14.8.8.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.PremiumInstaller!1.9F73
23.00.65.14402

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.97

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
26002

File size:
1.6 MB (1,659,688 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\player-ie.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
INSTALL DOT EXE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/4/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=INSTALL DOT EXE, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALL DOT EXE, 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:
4C8303B332693FCF64E1E7DFD7841493

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/24/2014 7:50:19 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:KKiXTMcUQc6PojCPM2DXr+9TRwTJ1yveHjry92veHSry9dGmAe44Aj0trbmtBGzF:KKiXTMc9JSn2DXrAw1kGBBGBd5

Entry address:
0x35CD5

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, B0, 4C, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 18, F8, 58, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, C1, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 23, 9C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CD, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, A4, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 74, E4, 58, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F9, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 21, 80, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 4D, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Code size:
391 KB (400,384 bytes)

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