Premium Installer

Publisher Information

Premium Installer is a software developer located in Wilmington, Delaware in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Premium Installer (a division of Adknowledge, Inc./OptimumInstaller) is a download manager that typically bundles and repackages 3rd-party and open source software including toolbars and various web browser extensions using the Optimum Installer (Express Install/Download Helper). There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
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

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)
update.exe (ExpressInstaller)  (f8db3f2b0c38ca2a56d69d0ca651e23c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
update.exe (ExpressInstaller)  (e307827eeb4c21828e55c15b0bb0c921)

1 / 68      (Adware)
powerpoint_setup.exe  (d78708caa9b32e4e0aafe2687e6e5824)

1 / 68      (Adware)
express_installer.exe (ExpressInstaller)  (01550dae97df5a5384a3299099bc2d9d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
chrome_setup.exe  (a14c67085c5f46e55cef7cd7946b8996)

1 / 68      (Adware)
znes.exe (by InstallManager)  (0e1311777446e87ff69f2f17db2ae785)

1 / 68      (Adware)
photoscape.exe  (30a1664796221847071ade016ee81937)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (ExpressInstaller)  (5b951c8f50f2f8f1efc81e0d090762ad)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (ExpressInstaller)  (849f4a9ccfede71acd725cfbe771614d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
skype_setup.exe (by InstallManager)  (bb22a9466a9abab3f2ce909f34ff3275)

1 / 68      (Adware)
u3c83hjs.exe  (69f918abbc28f6061fad30299a21e3bb)

1 / 68      (Adware)
mjwnism1.exe (by InstallManager)  (1aab4c81c92e786db753b7bc8646dc83)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe  (dec3bef8be1e2a12bae655e04f068453)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe  (9fabfb50861819f56c84ec3fff0717cf)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (by InstallManager)  (9b872c8dd468fbfbd0c1536cb61911d6)

1 / 68      (Adware)
google_chrome_setup.exe  (a0d1869aaee7caec1c71b48ae3e34955)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe  (cdf7ac1b337d965239c034e0c09f4c0c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
updater_setup.exe (ExpressInstaller)  (3f062755d9aea31078828f9e903727c0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe  (8de37b87341fef287a27f92df290cf7d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (ExpressInstaller)  (b321932138ce70b78b893740cd17affa)

1 / 68      (Adware)
chrome_setup.exe (ExpressInstaller)  (520c6d7476c84e31da082c7a5afc1dcd)

1 / 68      (Adware)
update.exe  (38b001fea4b950a19f7464572cbc67aa)

1 / 68      (Adware)
update.exe  (4089a2cbabaa2de6c21714fb6205ee3c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
update.exe  (4b408d79abd0f1fd733eb3244c22f06d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
update.exe  (765a577c7d968045d3fc9fbe006dd3a5)

1 / 68      (Adware)
update.exe  (55159cb6f289e715411b1c175cc36a03)

1 / 68      (Adware)
update.exe  (e54aaf74d0edbab87a63732919c4b25c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (ExpressInstaller)  (ee02196bf3ee22c012f14714848a50a3)

1 / 68      (Adware)
chrome_setup.exe  (c17d7cec314036aad949b37e6ea56ca9)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe  (e4d031fc4fa71060dbe46798d5adb871)

 
Latest 30 of 20,990 files

Downloads URLs for files signed by Premium Installer.

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://secure.oinstaller.com/o/.../Update.exe  (e307827eeb4c21828e55c15b0bb0c921)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://secure.oinstaller4.com/o/.../ZNES.exe  (0e1311777446e87ff69f2f17db2ae785)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://install2.optimum-installer.com/o/.../Setup.exe  (8de37b87341fef287a27f92df290cf7d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://secure.oi-installer9.com/o/.../Chrome_Setup.exe  (520c6d7476c84e31da082c7a5afc1dcd)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://secure.oi-installer9.com/o/.../Chrome_Setup.exe  (35a02a1ebe659ec7b0fa78f16745ae57)

The following certificate is also signed by Premium Installer.

706520EBEF7703A74B71E96735FFEA17  (Jul 12, 2012 to Jul 13, 2013)

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Premium Installer by VeriSign, Inc. on July 12, 2013 with the serial number '35bb74b905c01ce61da131ba49337f33'.