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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Choice Installer ” by Component Run 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 Component Run)

Product:
Choice Installer

Description:
Choice Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
c8f6b8b2c73a57d09bb9ade557a688cc

SHA-1:
4ca286f6ad266db135abbdb152b442059280ff21

SHA-256:
3ac41a97275f082f41f189e7ad1b0c56c143b93b76ee2b10c65e7afde4e38403

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:
5/5/2024 7:22:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.7.30.18

File size:
1.2 MB (1,287,032 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 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:
Component Run

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Component Run, O=Component Run, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", 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:
009FDF1B0DAD5FCCD2A0983B6573CACA9A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/23/2015 12:05:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BxrTFdNC83fDwOM7FIC9b2ofFwTIzUJPzHfFAtPtm50chDVFA:BRTFdYafDwOMGSIIz2WPtm50Gu

Entry address:
0x967B

Entry point:
E8, 0C, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, 8B, 00, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 74, 03, 33, C0, C3, E9, 8B, 05, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 40, CD, 40, 00, E8, D9, 01, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 4D, 10, 78, 3A, 8B, 4D, 08, 2B, 4D, 0C, 89, 4D, 08, FF, 55, 14, EB, ED, 8B, 45, EC, 89, 45, E4, 8B, 45, E4, 8B, 00, 89, 45, E0, 8B, 45, E0, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 74, 0B, C7, 45, DC, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, DC, C3, E8, 3F, 05, 00, 00, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, CF, 01, 00, 00, C2, 10, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 60, CD, 40...
 
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Entropy:
6.9703

Code size:
38.5 KB (39,424 bytes)

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