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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-mozilla.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL has been detected as adware by 34 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.2-fusioninstall.com.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
87d8647d6b8cd4f044179092021ec00c

SHA-1:
e53174d0c87e15288831204a99cbb362530ae592

SHA-256:
df8de2834147ab36598693b17825768e6e13fe16958cc219d6c0da1f5c8df437

Scanner detections:
34 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 6:28:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.3
381

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.08.31

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.qoemnl
7.11.170.42

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-160119

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader
2017.0.2859

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.3
1.0.20.95

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-10313
0.98/20212

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.IBryte.S
19365

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2203
9.0.1.019

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.154018
8.16.01.19.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.Q application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.1788187
1/19/2016

F-Prot
W32/DomaIQ.G2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2016-19-01_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
16.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13218

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.792

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2016.01.19.01

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.3
17.0.0.57

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.ctwcbx
0.28.0.58394

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.555816
14.06.27.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
16.01.19.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.FUSIONINSTALL.Installer (M)
16.1.19.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.14B5
23.00.65.16117

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9376

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.XGSDMHC
37.0.11027

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
27078

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.185015
2.0.0.1906

File size:
220.3 KB (225,576 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-mozilla.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FUSION INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

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

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:
3/3/2014 2:26:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Q8A++dH9DU95d/Jifovdu6DJJVQBgMqT8J0ZAD5KRkpv/:bA++dH9DU97Iofb2gfTOURkpv/

Entry address:
0xE1AB

Entry point:
E8, BC, 47, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, AC, 82, 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, 80, 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...
 
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Code size:
156 KB (159,744 bytes)

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

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

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