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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Safe Down 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 secure.11-pn-installer.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Safe Down)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
cdcfaafb53d5d720091a597acefaff19

SHA-1:
664b76a1a36beb59ce30f23c8066b0cdad15659b

SHA-256:
c812b290c8755444adec674e58659d14e12d54c44de5a6594106a571f62ab7e6

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 5:43:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.3.16.6

File size:
79.9 KB (81,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe Down

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Down, O=Safe Down, 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:
00FA71459C161D5D538F7612ACFBFBB680

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/2/2014 1:00:22 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x6371

Entry point:
E8, 52, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, C8, 81, 40, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 78, B7, 40, 00, E8, B6, 00, 00, 00, FF, 35, 2C, D4, 40, 00, 8B, 35, 9C, 81, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 89, 45, E4, 83, F8, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, 98, 81, 40, 00, 59, EB, 67, 6A, 08, E8, B2, 05, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 35, 2C, D4, 40, 00, FF, D6, 89, 45, E4, FF, 35, 28, D4, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 59, 89, 45, E0, 8D, 45, E0, 50, 8D, 45, E4, 50, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 35, 84, 81, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 50, E8, 75, 05, 00, 00, 89, 45...
 
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Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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

http://secure.11-pn-installer.com/o/.../setup.exe

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