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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 torrent.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from stage.traffiliate.com.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
c7bde188821e5bba0232e799a996d2c8

SHA-1:
58d468106e1a1fbc154298973b4828635c1ad583

SHA-256:
9f9dc3281e60557e215ac65a1532e2d292bbcb41f58a1bfd19bbf056b21f7be8

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 9:14:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.FUSIONIN.Bundler (M)
16.4.19.1

File size:
542.8 KB (555,816 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\torrent.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FUSION INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

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:
2/24/2014 8:56:42 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Fk6gXwfz2B6dCFsZIuGxQAM5W2F+Y28E4ePp46:G6RdCFHXV92FZ28E4eC6

Entry address:
0x3C298

Entry point:
E8, AA, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 00, 8E, 47, 00, E8, CA, 09, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, F8, 32, 48, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, AD, 6E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 0F, 7C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D6, 09, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 90, 6D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 54, 1F, 48, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, E1, 61, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 09, 60, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 94, 1F, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
6.4431

Code size:
405.5 KB (415,232 bytes)

The file torrent.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://stage.traffiliate.com/TrafficCop.aspx?CampaignUid=d44d71adca03b44c&SourceId=773&CreativeId=715798&LineItemId=103868&PublisherId=1018&Site ID=-2201500611410762943&partner_var=Ym89NCZjaXBpZD00MDcwMDAmY2lzaWQ9NkFFQkYyQzUxNDgxMzc1MTQ5Mzc4NjU2MSZjaXJpZD02QUVCRjJDNTE0ODEzNzYxMTQ3NDUzMzQmc2xpZD0xNDk4JnN1YmlkPTIyMTQ1OCZjaXVpZD04MjYyMzM4NTcxMDI5MTE3MjA1JnNvPTQmY3JpZD03MTU3OTgmZXhjaWQ9MjImbW10PS0xJmNudHJ5PTIyNyZjaWNtcD0xMDM4NjgmcHViaWQ9MTAxOA==

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