setup.exe

File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by File Monarch 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 install.oinstaller5.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
327beb32e71b361feccae2374ebe1a20

SHA-1:
85e7a3e241ee22d70d094ca8c711811948ec72ff

SHA-256:
e6282efc00bfcfea35225493a7d1c3940a336e5ab43bbef5f2c29966b3cbc735

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:
5/17/2024 6:40:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.IBryte.AF
879

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.08.17

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxoh
7.11.166.250

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140908

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.AEW
2014.0.4015

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.1498

Bitdefender
Adware.IBryte.AF
1.0.20.1255

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19181

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.31355
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AX application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-f45b4d3a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.IBryte.AF
11.2014-08-09_2

G Data
Adware.IBryte.AF
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13247

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.09.08.01

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!46F8749DEF37
5600.7013

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.IBryte.AF
15.0.0.753

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.IBryte.ddwawl
0.28.2.61721

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20140908

nProtect
Adware.IBryte.AF
14.08.18.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.08.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.3fc
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FileMonarch.F
14.9.8.13

Sophos
iBryte Premium Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
32198

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.206054
2.0.0.1900

File size:
141.4 KB (144,760 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:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Monarch, O=File Monarch, 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:
00E65C750985B066CBB7B485ACF86E58B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/8/2014 11:15:17 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:dpSqbGIlEElIforZfjGrO1mMXrIakTCmCAS:d1rZfyrO15AS

Entry address:
0x93E7

Entry point:
E8, 4C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, B8, B1, 40, 00, FF, 25, 44, B1, 40, 00, CC, CC, 68, 59, 94, 40, 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, 1C, F0, 40, 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, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C...
 
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Entropy:
6.0746

Code size:
39 KB (39,936 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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