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dellwebcentral_setup.exe

Free Virus Soft

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application dellwebcentral_setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by Free Virus Soft 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 dell-webcam-central.software.informer.com.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by Free Virus Soft)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
36d7f2df59771ee4ece6b09666915c68

SHA-1:
4a6925f88b1a3d4902b104bcc4ee5ac1bffb6aa5

SHA-256:
fac529c06c0d6cd7d3f7284baf41692986aec6463ec3668f48a5c3ef31eddc6c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:24:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.3.10.2

File size:
350.9 KB (359,296 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\dellwebcentral_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Free Virus Soft

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Free Virus Soft, O=Free Virus Soft, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", 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:
00C7C7950B1D1328B35E2542BD153CE6CF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/8/2014 6:00:38 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x203E1

Entry point:
E8, AD, AE, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, E4, 73, 44, 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, 60, 70, 44, 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:
276.5 KB (283,136 bytes)

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

http://dell-webcam-central.software.informer.com/.../

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