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FUSION INSTALL

The Fusion Installer, which is a variant of Adknowledge's download manager bundles a number of ad-supported offerings in the installer. The application setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL has been detected as adware by 29 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.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
280e701e3decbd4fb3f51b668d03784e

SHA-1:
d6a0242913b9ee5018a244a43d2954ec5e1d0c0f

SHA-256:
5cc7f39c8eb3ba6540f6bb756d9dff8bb0f75fd7b1452129e3476a7a32ff17dd

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components (toolbars, coupon extensions, ad-supported extensions and utility offers).

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 10:55:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.3
887

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.09.01

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.qoemnl
7.11.170.64

avast!
Win32:IBryte-DR [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic.AVZ
2014.0.4015

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.3
1.0.20.1220

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-7183
0.98/19317

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.IBryte.S
19383

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2216
9.0.1.05190

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

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.T application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/DomaIQ.G2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-01-09_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
14.9.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13218

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3319

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.09.01.04

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.3
15.0.0.732

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cukphe
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
14.09.01.04

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FUSIONINSTALL.K
14.9.1.4

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.14B5
23.00.65.14830

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10387

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.185015
2.0.0.1907

File size:
216.3 KB (221,480 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion Install

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:
FUSION INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/4/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=FUSION INSTALL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=FUSION INSTALL, 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:
3615E290FD8B112928257EE3CD74B519

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/4/2014 10:44:40 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:etEcZ9oIAJiqD2xNKDVF3jAO/Xuc7UKKQsc7+aM56ipHiR:gxZqD7hEO/uhgsc7+aHipHiR

Entry address:
0xD46B

Entry point:
E8, CC, 47, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, A4, 82, 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, 5C, 80, 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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Code size:
152.5 KB (156,160 bytes)

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