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Safe Down

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Safe Down has been detected as adware by 23 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:
Premium Installer   (signed by Safe Down)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
97f7de78be3e99f1cbce7a7c3325807f

SHA-1:
f83ed263981b3f9655cc8ebdd3b5398540a5c752

SHA-256:
d190285ef6aa9107590543d64c129e16e75ab602f1cf4b1f806baf91e6124fae

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
4/23/2024 1:18:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
800

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.11.27

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxou
7.11.189.28

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.BUK
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
1.0.20.1655

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.IBryte.BQ
20202

Dr.Web
Trojan.iBryte.34
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.iBryte.BQ application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-d0b02ae5
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-27-11_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14150

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.11.27.12

McAfee
IBryte-FSO
5600.6934

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
15.0.0.993

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.divacv
0.28.6.63726

Norman
IBryte.STR
11.20141127

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SafeDown.K
14.11.26.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
35088

File size:
241.4 KB (247,152 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:
Safe Down

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/18/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/19/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Safe Down, O=Safe Down, 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:
00FA71459C161D5D538F7612ACFBFBB680

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/14/2014 8:00:25 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:aDVi7XO5mc60dXeSFG6zSDiq7Lt2MMW87B38vkIJUUxzqkbppqYaUodajuoQKnjA:gEXO52oufDiiUMMR7BzUxW0pA+U+ObP

Entry address:
0x8A13

Entry point:
E8, 40, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, 6A, 14, 68, C8, DB, 40, 00, E8, B3, 00, 00, 00, FF, 35, B4, 04, 41, 00, 8B, 35, C4, A1, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 89, 45, E4, 83, F8, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, C0, A1, 40, 00, 59, EB, 67, 6A, 08, E8, A7, 05, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 35, B4, 04, 41, 00, FF, D6, 89, 45, E4, FF, 35, B0, 04, 41, 00, FF, D6, 59, 59, 89, 45, E0, 8D, 45, E0, 50, 8D, 45, E4, 50, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 35, AC, A1, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 50, E8, 6A, 05, 00, 00, 89, 45, DC, FF, 75, E4, FF, D6, A3...
 
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Code size:
35 KB (35,840 bytes)

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