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Fileadventure

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Fileadventure 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from startfreedownload.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Fileadventure)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
ec4cbb3e0ecff5ddace50e08b1f5fdbe

SHA-1:
565777005d10f5edd764a09063deb5d93e739c95

SHA-256:
aecd5f86cac0d05262e3482a8c3057c27a003e68a28dcd313301c9e94f1c58df

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:
11/23/2024 6:00:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.Fileadve.Bundler (M)
16.5.29.2

File size:
400.4 KB (409,976 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fileadventure

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/14/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fileadventure, O=Fileadventure, 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:
2EF279A57EB2CCFE0FCD97FC0F239ADE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/14/2014 9:00:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ouOIdKDz7zi/+6dYmP++0dHLlWoufDiiUMMR7BzUxW0pA+U+NbW:ou5dKDz7zD6amP++Sr8ouRUMM8W0LJbW

Entry address:
0x1612A

Entry point:
E8, FA, 98, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 7C, 56, 43, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 7C, 56, 43, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F...
 
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Entropy:
6.1817

Code size:
169.5 KB (173,568 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://startfreedownload.com/track/install?creative_id=b&button=green&source=a183&adprovider=jfaquewtyp&subid=&subid2=&et=0&dlink=http://secure.oinstaller7.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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