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player-chrome.exe

WARP INSTALL

The software uses the Optimum Installer/Fusion Installer (Adknowledge) to download and install an offer stack of adware including toolbars, coupon extensions and various unwanted utilities. This installer is just a stub to present offers and download the expected software. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by WARP INSTALL has been detected as adware by 35 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. 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:

player-chrome.exe

Publisher:

Premium Installer (signed by WARP INSTALL)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

1.3.7.2

MD5:

dde09be09c2ac5eb1cab0582c61e74d2

SHA-1:

148558d12928ac2afbff0c7ffc218149d72ba08e

SHA-256:

5c8b6d963968cee410990bb050298bf6c950bff9b5cd8eda2ce623bcc2828860

Scanner detections:

35 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This setup/installer bundles various adware components (toolbars, shopping extensions, utility offers).

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:

12/26/2024 3:56:24 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

876

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller

2014.09.12

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/iBryte.bxjq

7.11.141.184

avast!

Win32:Somoto-N [PUP]

2014.9-140911

AVG

Adware AdPlugin

2015.0.3354

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

1.0.20.1270

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Agent-736100

0.98/19354

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.IBryte.U

18064

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.28561

9.0.1.0254

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

8.14.09.11.01

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.Z application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/DomaIQ.G.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-11-09_5

G Data

Win32.Application.PremiumInstaller

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of setup.exe (Adware)

2014.11.5.0

IKARUS anti.virus

not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11684

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent

14.0.0.3267

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.09.11.01

McAfee

Artemis!123F83C088D5

5600.7010

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

15.0.0.762

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.IBryte.cwbnyw

0.28.0.59048

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.11.01

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.iBryte.DK4

9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.WARPINSTALL.N

14.9.11.13

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Agent!6.175E

23.00.65.14909

Sophos

PUA.iBryte Optimum Installer

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.PremiumInstaller/Variant

10366

Total Defense

Win32/Tnega.XABfAXD

37.0.10891

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0515

7.2.254

Vba32 AntiVirus

suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Optimum Installer

28115

Zillya! Antivirus

Downloader.Agent.Win32.185663

2.0.0.1776

File size:

231.8 KB (237,344 bytes)

Product version:

1.3.7.2

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:

WARP INSTALL

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=WARP INSTALL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WARP INSTALL, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:

52A35E3AC3B67E8CD7BB42D490658BBA

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/25/2014 5:00:15 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:GRbr0SPgVcepSAgpYeXHEgA4uZpGRDcJiPAit41g5dfpzl:GVrTgVPtgpYenWQDzA4fpzl

Entry address:

0xD348

Entry point:

E8, 0F, 65, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 80, B2, 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, 3C, B0, 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:

6.3781

Code size:

166 KB (169,984 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://yourinstaller.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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