» installer_google_chrome_english.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details
Downloads (1)

installer_google_chrome_english.exe

Statscom

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application installer_google_chrome_english.exe by Statscom 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 Tightrope WebInstall 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Statscom (signed and verified)

MD5:

955d66d778cb61a0a9a0862e8256b64c

SHA-1:

06ddb533d7fc7397f15554c969dccd79d7b2094c

SHA-256:

d5adbbe6d6fd06742afaba1eabc0202901f8689d7472a1050ac55e6110782f1f

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:

2/25/2025 6:50:10 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Tightrope.Statscom.Bundler (M)

16.4.20.15

File size:

824.5 KB (844,328 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\installer_google_chrome_english.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Statscom

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

7/22/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:

7/22/2017 5:29:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Statscom, O=Statscom, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, 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:

168FC1E941808849273C2F629E69FF2D

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/15/2014 9:59:31 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:kxpJfslZtuaVd9lpmhwQbift489IVGD4xJFl6Xqb5Kbmkg8S:Yp9sVuaVdvgVbmgGDijyikg5

Entry address:

0x3345

Entry point:

81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2E, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1F, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.4919

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

Remove installer_google_chrome_english.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security

herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.