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:
0ca21b4061df394992e7d159a28f3884

SHA-1:
aea67bbd00ca5bf6e4fc3f059f743e838330d102

SHA-256:
709e46c03a25abce093c2c589e62e621cf11be1a8bfa6b7552c13f5c9bce0bd6

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 5:33:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.466534
388

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]
2014.9-160112

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2017.0.2866

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.16112

Bitdefender
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
1.0.20.60

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19470

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.31388
9.0.1.012

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.466534
8.16.01.12.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BL application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Malware_fam.NB
1/12/2016

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
11.2016-12-01_3

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
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
14.0.0.827

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2016.01.12.01

McAfee
Artemis!0FF2B0F7AD04
5600.6522

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
17.0.0.36

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Adpeak.cumkpw
0.28.0.59826

Norman
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
11.20160112

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.04.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.01.12.01

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)
16.1.12.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.16110

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Inject-CEE'
59

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9390

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.IQAFGOD
37.0.11237

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.12

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
32938

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:TuMSi/X+2EffuOMvmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGslDJ:TuX2DEfYTDkbJqL3J7HgGspJ

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:
7.1561

Code size:
86.5 KB (88,576 bytes)

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