player-chrome.exe

File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by File Monarch has been detected as adware by 41 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 File Monarch)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
23d17b22efd8adf21f73915dea93fce2

SHA-1:
0d6a4b81aca60bfa81b5eabc40da9d51f4d230cb

SHA-256:
a60d63bed0fc8eeb9d5bdac7efcef96cc57074df71cc9db5d5e6ef91211a99f2

Scanner detections:
41 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertisements in the web browser in the form or banner ads and popups.

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:
11/28/2024 4:47:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
376

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.08.20

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxop
7.11.167.238

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-160124

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2017.0.2854

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.16124

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
1.0.20.120

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-592
0.98/19086

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19325

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.31388
9.0.1.024

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
8.16.01.24.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BD (variant)
10.10320

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Malware_fam.NB
1/24/2016

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy
11.2016-24-01_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
16.1.24

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

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13319

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.767

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2016.01.24.12

McAfee
Artemis!0FF2B0F7AD04
5600.6510

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
17.0.0.72

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Adpeak.cumkpw
0.28.0.59826

Norman
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
11.20160124

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.04.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.01.24.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Dropper.c9f
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.FileMonarch.Bundler (M)
16.1.24.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.16122

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9366

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.IQAFGOD
37.0.11237

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.24

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.24

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
261.4 KB (267,640 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:
3/17/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 4:59:59 PM

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 2:00:24 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:1uMSi/X+2EffuOMvmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGslnlDE:1uX2DEfYTDkbJqL3J7HgGsPDE

Entry address:
0x14EFF

Entry point:
E8, BE, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 54, 71, 41, 00, 68, 69, 4F, 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, C0, 41, 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, AA, 4A, 41, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1566

Code size:
86.5 KB (88,576 bytes)

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