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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Safe Down has been detected as adware by 32 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.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Safe Down)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
b39ed5548490c0515e0ad3a977ee90d2

SHA-1:
667e83a047b06dbb8cc027a8616ec7d9c5362d7c

SHA-256:
5241d1ceb49333f259df3577e37f638284ff4c5fc10050a44f7d7f49da8e33c8

Scanner detections:
32 / 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:
12/27/2024 3:07:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
367

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.09.15

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxng
7.11.171.180

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-160202

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2017.0.2845

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
1.0.20.165

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Buzus-19998
0.98/20175

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19489

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34255
9.0.1.033

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
8.16.02.02.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BJ application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.VCEW!tr
2/2/2016

F-Prot
W32/A-34fffba4
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2016-02-02_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13345

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.722

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2016.02.02.12

McAfee
Trojan.IBryte-FFF!B41F07BC92DA
5600.6501

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
17.0.0.99

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.desauy
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
11.20160202

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.83312.E
14.10.01.01

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
2.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.SafeDown.Bundler (M)
16.2.2.12

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
5.11

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.122156
2.0.0.1929

File size:
82.9 KB (84,848 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

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:
Safe Down

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Down, O=Safe Down, 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:
00FA71459C161D5D538F7612ACFBFBB680

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/18/2014 9:30:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:z7MWVGI4wEKu6f9LG7gcnyOVImdM6fTaBj:0uz4y9LGOOV+6fO5

Entry address:
0x9B61

Entry point:
E8, 62, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, AC, C1, 40, 00, FF, 25, A8, C1, 40, 00, 68, D1, 9B, 40, 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, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.1926

Code size:
41 KB (41,984 bytes)

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

http://superquickdownloads.com/track/install?adprovider=marmarfc2&source=vuulom15sep&_al=1&_cb=1&cpixel=http://PartnerPixel-702897885.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/Installer/Conversion?adProvider={adprovider}&source={source}&context=wJKE5GBGFB8I9ILE0F90US1S&dlink=http://secure.6-pn-installer.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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