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Fileangels

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Fileangels has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from quickwplayer.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Fileangels)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
a7c96866cee6f5cde4f1be4e20fbf9e1

SHA-1:
16de6870bd31c69ba4987bb12d469c287448b5d6

SHA-256:
955974a6d6dceab37836f688708f75b2c76b8c51b9d4b7744c3576672fe910bd

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
5/17/2024 7:51:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.Fileange.Bundler (M)
16.5.23.10

File size:
74.4 KB (76,144 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\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fileangels

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/14/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fileangels, O=Fileangels, 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:
1D54F646CB5A85211464AF0FDAB3D591

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/6/2014 9:34:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:GHnRbGcIC//OULpNv+8RaksjaYwWJ2wOeIW3eUZjwyDOJJunY+o8U4:GHMcI9kIOr6P9TR

Entry address:
0x5561

Entry point:
E8, 42, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, 6A, 14, 68, 90, A2, 40, 00, E8, B9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 35, 2C, C4, 40, 00, 8B, 35, A8, 71, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 89, 45, E4, 83, F8, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, A4, 71, 40, 00, 59, EB, 67, 6A, 08, E8, A9, 05, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 35, 2C, C4, 40, 00, FF, D6, 89, 45, E4, FF, 35, 28, C4, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 59, 89, 45, E0, 8D, 45, E0, 50, 8D, 45, E4, 50, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 35, 90, 71, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 50, E8, 6C, 05, 00, 00, 89, 45, DC, FF, 75, E4, FF, D6, A3...
 
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Entropy:
5.7463

Code size:
20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

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

http://quickwplayer.com/.../download.php?tid=310

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