flash_player_pro_setup.exe

File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application flash_player_pro_setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by File Monarch 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.oinstaller2.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
0d23894b5919848be68f79fea260b902

SHA-1:
ee5d1159bbb683a4c459dc4874927772ff946d16

SHA-256:
00fb1cf895b580f603c92ee5664df4f0ea01a966f1dca952cf4913f84a5d201e

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 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:
12/28/2024 8:42:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.8.3.18

File size:
141.4 KB (144,760 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/18/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/19/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=File Monarch, O=File Monarch, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", 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:
00E65C750985B066CBB7B485ACF86E58B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/7/2014 9:15:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:XFR6eSDpYxxOs0dSZfj8dBi7LsrOVpPkMKee/ipWVUe5XXJ1qDrIPSkTCmXqqes6:OeSDpYxxOpdSZfj0usOVmMXrIakTCmp6

Entry address:
0x93E7

Entry point:
E8, 4C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, B8, B1, 40, 00, FF, 25, 44, B1, 40, 00, CC, CC, 68, 59, 94, 40, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, F0, 40, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C...
 
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Code size:
39 KB (39,936 bytes)

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