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player-chrome.exe

File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” 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:
Premium Installer   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
69e0f78bee8b45022fa0d79795b7d21f

SHA-1:
b05791cc9e1a789b1fe63240c61a3bbff6ec0452

SHA-256:
368b8c6de23e26fabf9de6369ee185d360142e7e3df50f0c9ff3d7f044cee109

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:
11/15/2024 2:36:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.FileMona.Bundler (M)
16.7.13.7

File size:
131.4 KB (134,520 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:
File Monarch

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/18/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/19/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
8/29/2014 7:15:11 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:wKbUFjkhuuHimIjud0657Jay2P1BQOlqMXrIakTCma9:6ZHQOlV9

Entry address:
0x7A61

Entry point:
E8, 55, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 94, 91, 40, 00, FF, 25, 90, 91, 40, 00, 68, D1, 7A, 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, C0, 40, 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:
6.0515

Code size:
31.5 KB (32,256 bytes)

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

http://swiftstartapps.com/track/install?adprovider=marmarfc&source=mobit_newlink&al=1&_alc=1&_cb=1&cpixel=http://PartnerPixel-702897885.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/Installer/Conversion?adProvider={adprovider}&source={source}&context=ZldXVpZD1jN2Q0Yjk5Ny0xODI3LTQwMDgtOTA0Ny02NTE2NmYzZjBlNDc&dlink=http://secure.20-pn-installer.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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