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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 setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL has been detected as adware by 38 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.1-fusioninstall.com.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
0771f51289a40403b93535b8f3c8c64b

SHA-1:
16ac438f84ddcdfd1a50b3b6b323f994e9f205e3

SHA-256:
1c8a3db3cd31f00884520d8fb64d3160f6157845470ea4c42fd2d4e4cfee14ab

Scanner detections:
38 / 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:
4/27/2024 12:41:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.593289
814

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Buzus
2014.02.09

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.M
7.11.130.82

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic.AVT
2014.0.4189

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.141112

Bitdefender
Application.Generic.593289
1.0.20.1580

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6916
0.98/19168

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.R
17759

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2216
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.154018
14.11.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.S application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/IBryte
11/12/2014

F-Prot
W32/Backdoor2.HTKO
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Generic.593289
11.2014-12-11_4

G Data
Win32.Application.OptimumInstaller
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.AdWare
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11595

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2955

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.11.12.11

McAfee
Artemis!5032EA165D47
5600.6948

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.593289
15.0.0.948

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ctabuf
0.28.0.57630

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.555816
14.05.09.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
14.11.12.11

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FUSIONINSTALL.F
14.11.12.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.PremiumInstaller!1.9F73
23.00.65.141110

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.97

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10241

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.SRDMYD
37.0.10849

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0127
7.2.316

Trend Micro
TROJ_BUZUS_DD30051C.UVPA
10.465.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
26304

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.120232
2.0.0.1771

File size:
215.3 KB (220,456 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\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FUSION INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 6:59:59 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:
3/3/2014 2:27:22 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:nu3Gd91/yJi41VLfzqZkSrwumsJJWRAZ5qNpHt:nu369dGKSSr7m2eNpHt

Entry address:
0xCEBB

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, 72, 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, 70, 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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Entropy:
6.3910

Code size:
151 KB (154,624 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://secure.1-fusioninstall.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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