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INSTALL THIS

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by INSTALL THIS has been detected as adware by 32 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from 5142014.installic.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by INSTALL THIS)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
67a3438f80f37975d5104a7c38f37f37

SHA-1:
5ebaf4b3b4101f4f50abbdb33073aeddc5bb8fba

SHA-256:
2046c2eb3479806989069de62034a7b29fb8ee91f0046c4b6cb49d92adab8ace

Scanner detections:
32 / 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:
4/24/2024 10:57:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
910

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
14.08.08

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.147.26

avast!
Win32:IBryte-DN [PUP]
2014.9-140808

AVG
Adware Generic_s
2015.0.3388

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
1.0.20.1100

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-748088
0.98/19073

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18251

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26807
9.0.1.0220

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145314
8.14.08.08.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AN application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Agent
11.2014-08-08_6

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player-chrome.exe (Adware)
2014.10.6.12

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.iBryte
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12013

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3437

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.08.08.01

McAfee
GenericATG-FGI!02EC0BDF7C3C
5600.7044

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
15.0.0.660

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.cxjjsz
0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.08.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.INSTALLTHIS.F
14.8.8.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.14806

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
29418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
227.3 KB (232,736 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 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:
INSTALL THIS

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=INSTALL THIS, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALL THIS, 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:
022C6886F5C72FEED25746F4AC3BA8CE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/25/2014 1:00:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:y5aT7Lt4v+qr6b/0h5vTVYxNuTMylDSY6XuJiYcTix07R30p2IWM:ZTnlwhlVURWYbZ0p20

Entry address:
0x10C87

Entry point:
E8, 40, 36, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 48, 92, 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, 30, 90, 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:
6.3507

Code size:
160 KB (163,840 bytes)

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

http://5142014.installic.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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