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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 11 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:
8fe76126f2bee3670d382473325f2e01

SHA-1:
f8173868107b8d0f4f834d5444c59869e14b85c7

SHA-256:
918f41bb887e44c8168cd156f0baedb6959d391eb478936fdcaac376e9a8b53b

Scanner detections:
11 / 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 6:39:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxop
7.11.171.22

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3360

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19435

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BG (variant)
8.10376

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.9.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13286

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Ibryte
v2014.09.06.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FileMonarch.N
14.9.6.10

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
32210

File size:
267.9 KB (274,296 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 7:59:59 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:
9/6/2014 9:00:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:UBLl2ONF2nOMKmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGsl5I:eLgONcGTDkbJqL3J7HgGsTI

Entry address:
0x1691F

Entry point:
E8, BE, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 54, 91, 41, 00, 68, 89, 69, 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, CA, 64, 41, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1368

Code size:
93 KB (95,232 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

https://install.fusioninstall.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

http://yourinstaller.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

http://download6735endpoint.com/track/install?gluid=gyaEYiQh4MLIikqJpf02aAjEj91 Xfm 9R3c6S6ErL9XhUVg7P/2iFwDcuS2kfCFePKqYvr1J567mbYGdgH41iED6MFVfSjz 9nEMr/u4M559/Ka8XvCGgseZ0bTENTf8aXnLLByETU1Y4p ogoibVtgMPt81ZIyC9leMCUSDmtPnDmo62EIuk8l2N1aC43B/3a6JK6FTb41md9LBRewhKz9GMbMXV/kuHwCsC9RJxNtBtzUjQqujzxL2CyEg/HrNuZQ/Jtee5iw4X/ksvFv0y4d6wfQerbNRNSAhbX2W079OxfNDmpO/A==&_alc=1&_cb=1&dlink=http://yourinstaller.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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