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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 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. 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:
8d79d3f924ac167732f5e930e70dfc28

SHA-1:
8ac5cb56bdc695aa11c4711b88c0c337dbff5145

SHA-256:
efcbcd5ef9a2735cefee4e0877cded639153af876b2a82b99ad2a1359bb37a90

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 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 4:43:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.FileMona.Bundler (M)
16.3.24.22

File size:
269.4 KB (275,832 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:
File Monarch

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
3/18/2015 6:59:59 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:
9/9/2014 4:23:05 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:KH4zK5K7LdjmSY+pROMKmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGslIQzf:K6KqLdj5CTDkbJqL3J7HgGspf

Entry address:
0x16CCF

Entry point:
E8, BE, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 54, 91, 41, 00, 68, 39, 6D, 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, E0, 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, 7A, 68, 41, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1347

Code size:
94 KB (96,256 bytes)

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

http://download1251bucket.com/track/install?gluid=gyaEYiQh4MKP7mvV7IefmQeeW4ZrSgHrbgIno9V/IeBfMMEF6knrYlQkgl oQxBUGtYlABh0D4rfpt3IZljVd49W3RAcSgDImOoye8BUf5FT8lSptnBolTCgirgC95t5BbLXozbgKkXBPPDEroXDhyP2ZdRFMaB/w9UzD4 /BGnDTuFoc7MeLpvbKyqx07xvYmw1S48Yyuk3plNDRUeqVWQH7oQCSijL7NXcXr1FXaGrWHXDLWVoNJv1x/FTSlA2tYAUTP/g/eCtwei1QHK9VLXfhZ9gUEgMi6LjVpkgUp33FJvjAvq0PI83meUHAYmGq dCxzg Oej0Al1D0yGubgo0vok79pkrUU8cfw5N0o1OcU49sHpflA==&_alc=1&_cb=1&dlink=http://yourinstaller.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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