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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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
573dce1bba362a27370444472b20a8d5

SHA-1:
af0659beffb791702e87ab492bd75ec303683c28

SHA-256:
99e34ca6c4d025ad49eb4a7475a717024c30f2e99ac0409bd870b62979552a49

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/28/2024 4:31:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.FileMona.Bundler (M)
16.7.5.7

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):
6144:6H4zK5K7LdjmSY+pROMKmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGslcov:66KqLdj5CTDkbJqL3J7HgGsZv

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:
7.1348

Code size:
94 KB (96,256 bytes)

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

http://download1161bucket.com/track/install?_al=1&_ep=1&_sd=1&_dl=1&al=Please Update Your Software&source=popads_lightspark-pops-us-ron-kw-GC&adprovider=popads&subid=mp3&subid2=168618&dlink=http://yourinstaller.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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