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media_player_setup.exe

System Applet

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application media_player_setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by System Applet 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 secure.pn-installer8.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Fusion Install (signed by System Applet)

Product:

Fusion Install

Description:

Fusion Install

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

7346e6f4cb84d45a16f446827d43bb6c

SHA-1:

f98fc1a3ce939bfb66263874e9585d9a8d8fde10

SHA-256:

e76e980c77ef9794a4cb12c5eaf460f4c1052389666d0831b5c6dcbc9c4a63de

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:

12/26/2024 1:13:05 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adknowledge (M)

16.7.24.9

File size:

228.4 KB (233,848 bytes)

Product version:

2.4.8.1

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

System Applet

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

3/23/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/24/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=System Applet, O=System Applet, 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:

18FCD6B5EEB5AEC66D0222B5CA1850D9

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/23/2014 9:24:13 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:13NpfuwuRh5yTtY7kIOOQxRvHG/frkyGG8VX0S1CWKJiW/nPdH2ItxTiqRapRzG3:DpfuRhStMkak+x47G7b

Entry address:

0x10EA7

Entry point:

E8, 40, 36, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 44, A2, 42, 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, 30, A0, 42, 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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Entropy:

6.2375

Code size:

160.5 KB (164,352 bytes)

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

http://secure.pn-installer8.com/o/.../Media_Player_Setup.exe

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