player-chrome.exe

Boot Compute

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by Boot Compute has been detected as adware by 40 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion 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.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by Boot Compute)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
2ff14c576a556c73ab2d92e517a2f49a

SHA-1:
0690ac75f4dc6200116dc2680f2448e0de3fd9b3

SHA-256:
5ac34aeecd2109c3df53c3f869d3a993830a273b56d6f6ee397fd1a90b946806

Scanner detections:
40 / 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:
11/15/2024 6:34:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
363

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.08.14

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
7.11.171.224

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-ETY [Trj]
2014.9-160206

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2017.0.2841

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.1626

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
1.0.20.185

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-2688
0.98/19392

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19325

Dr.Web
Trojan.iBryte.499
9.0.1.037

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
8.16.02.06.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BH application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Malware_fam.NB
2/6/2016

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
11.2016-06-02_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Clicker.BFNI
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13358

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.702

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Ibryte
v2016.02.06.04

McAfee
Artemis!0FF2B0F7AD04
5600.6497

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
17.0.0.111

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dfczab
0.28.2.61942

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20160206

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.275832.C
14.09.17.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.02.06.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
2.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.BootCompute.Bundler (M)
16.2.6.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.16204

Sophos
PUA.iBryte Optimum Installer
55

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9340

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.37

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.06

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1815
2.0.0.1926

File size:
260.9 KB (267,128 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\player-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

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

Subject:
CN=Boot Compute, O=Boot Compute, 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:
059AEF62ABD7F83178378663E98BDE5C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/14/2014 12:00:22 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:mIvnADvwou7R2Ex0FcGwe+dFR1Hwad8ToZ8GPZQE4qwu3g1ZOsjn4rmBt:JvIvzmdx0XwppDdZEE4qCZOsjnQet

Entry address:
0x188EB

Entry point:
E8, C2, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 58, B1, 41, 00, 68, 55, 89, 41, 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, 00, 42, 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, FF, 75, 08, 68, 96, 84, 41, 00...
 
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Code size:
101 KB (103,424 bytes)

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