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Overall Media, Inc.

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Choice Installer ” by Overall Media 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.
Publisher:
Choice Installer   (signed by Overall Media, Inc.)

Product:
Choice Installer

Description:
Choice Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
1f96c010a8e5039ca61635635dcd31de

SHA-1:
478e45a2f1c962eee2c164e7cafc191e1183ceb2

SHA-256:
8697f3d18892b39ca156a1f11fafd0a4f415f6f7c8e315a991e3a5b0b9d243d4

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:
4/19/2024 10:54:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.3.9.6

File size:
406.3 KB (416,056 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Choice 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:
Overall Media, Inc.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/14/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Overall Media, Inc.", O="Overall Media, Inc.", STREET=855 Village Center Drv, STREET="Suite #336", L=St. Paul, S=MN, PostalCode=55127, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
20CC4646E1A4400DB7FA2D15D1C8F1CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/22/2015 2:00:30 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x17F03

Entry point:
E8, CD, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 68, 70, 7F, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, A4, 85, 43, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, A4...
 
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Code size:
171 KB (175,104 bytes)

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