player-firefox.exe

File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-firefox.exe, “Fusion Install ” by File Monarch has been detected as adware by 39 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Mozilla Firefox 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:
65b811ed5cfce01d4f7c82d300ab17e6

SHA-1:
29dba3840b814b775f0963512d25c4eeefb93ca6

SHA-256:
0d85da5948eb213927f519fba22ea0c6258cb3432dbecefa48a584c03bfe5d7b

Scanner detections:
39 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertisements in the web browser in the form or banner ads and popups.

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:
11/27/2024 3:45:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
820

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.08.14

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Kazy.439479.2
7.11.169.156

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140912

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2015.0.3354

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.14116

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
1.0.20.1550

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19325

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.31696
9.0.1.0255

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
8.14.11.06.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BD (variant)
8.10320

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Malware_fam.NB
11/6/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
11.2014-06-11_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.7.3

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

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.176.11711

Kaspersky
Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3263

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GigaClicks.A
v2014.09.12.10

McAfee
Artemis!0FF2B0F7AD04
5600.6954

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
15.0.0.930

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Adpeak.cumkpw
0.28.0.59826

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20141106

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.04.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.12.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Dropper.c9f
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FileMonarch.O
14.9.12.9

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.141104

Sophos
Mal/Inject-CEE
55

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10253

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.310

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.06

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

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-firefox.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
9/8/2014 5:00:17 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:7u1aAOCZdl6oFOMKmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGsl6U:JAOfTDkbJqL3J7HgGsYU

Entry address:
0x16D1F

Entry point:
E8, BE, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 54, 91, 41, 00, 68, 89, 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, CA, 68, 41, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1384

Code size:
94 KB (96,256 bytes)

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