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System Applet

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

Product:
System Applet

Description:
System Applet

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
92af83ecfecb651da4aec9b3a3a54055

SHA-1:
d88599aa8eb2db8dd4138bd0b184628369c10c64

SHA-256:
ad7ffc1fa40fc7ba5980c00b7fd63cd1433b726573e03cd4073210cf0253cae5

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:
12/25/2024 1:04:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.3.16.5

File size:
90.4 KB (92,536 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) System Applet

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:
System Applet

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/24/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/25/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=System Applet, O=System Applet, 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:
18FCD6B5EEB5AEC66D0222B5CA1850D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/25/2014 9:15:08 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x54B7

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, F8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 0D, F4, 91, 40, 00, 89, 15, F0, 91, 40, 00, 89, 1D, EC, 91, 40, 00, 89, 35, E8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 3D, E4, 91, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 10, 92, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 04, 92, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, E0, 91, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, DC, 91, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, D8, 91, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, D4, 91, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 08, 92, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, FC, 91, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 00, 92, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 0C, 92, 40...
 
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Code size:
20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

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