setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer.
Publisher:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4fb6ba31f98c0dd7d75646090d2467f5

SHA-1:
d974e2e1cfd7ad6da66a1a7eb82786d3288125ef

SHA-256:
23a82e20d5ab0b110adfe47fde91d1a5e042605d07b08ee1a17809f7a9fa35d7

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:18:05 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.IBryte
2015.01.31

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.F
7.11.206.0

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
150101-1

AVG
Adware AdInstaller.ExpressInstall
2014.0.4253

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.M
20902

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1361, Adware.Downware.1479
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.K.gen application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
1/30/2015

F-Prot
W32/Ibryte.D.gen
4.6.5.141

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte.AB
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.193.14817

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.IBryte.A
v2015.01.30.03

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cssqfh
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
15.01.30.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Adknowledge
15.1.30.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Buzus!6.1E
23.00.65.15128

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36666

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.524
2.0.0.2049

File size:
1 MB (1,066,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/2/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium Installer, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, 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:
35BB74B905C01CE61DA131BA49337F33

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/7/2013 9:05:14 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+TQvtAYMyd70sKP4SAEkh6zSfjFAtxCq9JpXkziKpH8n08:eWtAm7O4fhOeFG/9JZkziKpMj

Entry address:
0x468C

Entry point:
E8, 7B, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 54, C2, 41, 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, 44, C0, 41, 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:
106 KB (108,544 bytes)

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