Player-Chrome.exe

Build Input

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application Player-Chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by Build Input has been detected as adware by 40 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 Build Input)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
1b45ec6513cd9ef321eb00ffd101b20b

SHA-1:
be1dfe6b4f2d2e2ad98f21c95b557d5d2bf0f646

SHA-256:
9ad398319946a71e23c9bf8c290ae78de72de7cdb8559d87dc4e762a7fdf8e31

Scanner detections:
40 / 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 4:41:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
905

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.08.14

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Click.Clikug.A.34
7.11.142.94

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140813

AVG
Clicker
2015.0.3383

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.14813

Bitdefender
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
1.0.20.1125

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18251

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.5306
9.0.1.0225

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
8.14.08.13.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/GigaClicks.AD (variant)
8.9734

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Malware_fam.NB
8/13/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
11.2014-13-08_4

G Data
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.10.27.10

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Clicker.BFNI
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.176.11711

Kaspersky
Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3411

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GigaClicks.A
v2014.08.13.07

McAfee
Artemis!0FF2B0F7AD04
5600.7039

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
15.0.0.675

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Adpeak.cumkpw
0.28.0.59826

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20141027

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.04.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Suspicious file
14.08.13.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Dropper.c9f
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
(Suspicious) - DNAScan
8.14.12.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.BuildInput.N
14.8.25.1

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.14823

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10401

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.225

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clicker
28188

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
132.4 KB (135,544 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014 Fusion Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Build Input, O=Build Input, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", 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:
0093C151407610A7B56F799C03CB8D955D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2014 1:04:44 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:K+0YBsBE3ain2Q5xq10DZYzI1wHCrbrYqr1L0wVQMw3zEfkuLaO:KjnBTi2CRDZYzIq6bkqr1PQMw32kO

Entry address:
0x322E

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, AF, 47, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, AE, 47, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, 01, 44, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, B0, 4C, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
4.9699

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file Player-Chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

Remove Player-Chrome.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security