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chrome_updater.exe

TODO:

Start Installer

This is the InstallMetrix bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application chrome_updater.exe by Start Installer 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 InstallMetrix Software installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
TODO: <Company name>  (signed by Start Installer)

Product:
TODO: <Product name>

Description:
Chrome_Updater

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
45aa0e3ece911de920b3030b635c1b87

SHA-1:
7fa91749cebe314d0081441298799bbf3afc5c84

SHA-256:
85646e935976148b6f0d89b1009500ada0a6eed923f10d0674516a00310fce23

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
12/25/2024 1:23:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMetrix.StartIns (M)
16.7.7.22

File size:
1.8 MB (1,920,152 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
TODO: (c) <Company name>. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
InstallMetrix Software

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Start Installer

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/29/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/30/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Start Installer, OU=Start Installer, O=Start Installer, STREET="660 4th Street, Suite #427", L=San Francisco, S=California, PostalCode=94107, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
698FCE4EEDDA7C3853C0A7CDE049BA16

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/14/2015 2:38:17 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:VTK9lxsaKWsoWwgmgLHfECth5MreZYk6Chvv8pH4:pK9rsaZs4gmgrfECtzTZYk6Chvv8p

Entry address:
0x120FDB

Entry point:
E8, 3B, 83, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, A1, 59, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 42, 06, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 85, F6, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 6D, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 75, 13, E8, EF, 12, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, E1, 89, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 53, 57, 8B, 7D, 10, 85, FF, 74, 14, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 0F, 56, 57, 50, E8, 3E, 61, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, EB, 36, FF, 75, 0C, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 0C, 18, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 09, E8, AE, 12, 00, 00, 6A, 16, EB, 0C, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 13, E8, A0...
 
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Entropy:
6.5015

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,347,072 bytes)

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

http://totalnethits.biz/download.php?cid=1463&file=Chrome_Updater.exe&subid1=50flo&subid2=lgn&subid3=ret8a_wch&subid4=hius_netflix&subid5=ubaddchins_ch_1_nokws

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