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Fileadventure

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Fileadventure 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:
Premium Installer   (signed by Fileadventure)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
0436ec489e283919afd10761e22328d3

SHA-1:
609c47264f746dc564268c49d710cbe8516a1b7a

SHA-256:
8ceca5c3d9f38979830b09923a82768a4b93b574cad5ef5061544342779465f0

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:
4/25/2024 2:37:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.3.13.18

File size:
393.9 KB (403,320 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:
Fileadventure

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/14/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fileadventure, O=Fileadventure, 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:
2EF279A57EB2CCFE0FCD97FC0F239ADE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/17/2014 9:00:24 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x17B63

Entry point:
E8, DA, A4, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 7C, 66, 43, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 7C, 66, 43, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F...
 
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Entropy:
6.1754

Code size:
173.5 KB (177,664 bytes)

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