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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 express_installer.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 install.fusioninstall.com.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
136c9b2237d78fd0e251028397ae0157

SHA-1:
f98c92920b3c6ad589bc6b5feaf4854498578743

SHA-256:
89e5814e1b3de888321b606945f0318f084e1858b450279e5684224d981f01c2

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 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:
12/25/2024 1:58:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.7.31.8

File size:
2.4 MB (2,477,864 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)

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:
11/22/2013 11:15:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:TXPmdrTu0VQTAvN9c4EW93OnY3kAexzxRDSWBcK6BdHjHl+:qdrTu0VMQJgQmzxRJBcjF+

Entry address:
0x5D555

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, CC, 49, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 98, 64, 65, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 61, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C3, 9B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CD, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 44, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, F4, 50, 65, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 99, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, C1, 7F, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, D7, 4C, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.2592

Code size:
549 KB (562,176 bytes)

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

http://install.fusioninstall.com/o/.../Express_Installer.exe

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