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Pull Trends

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Choice Install ” by Pull Trends has been detected as adware by 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download1491bucket.com.
Publisher:
Choice Install   (signed by Pull Trends)

Product:
Choice Install

Description:
Choice Install

Version:
3.5.9.2

MD5:
d641b7b2c16d193eb041d28a4d93e8b7

SHA-1:
8308925697903e9102e6445707e6118008e38db0

SHA-256:
9a5d299a28279d30deefa50f58ddf7e5daed6b9eaf939dca92124b6bfbbd89ad

Scanner detections:
25 / 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:
11/28/2024 4:39:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.iBryte.CI
5970718

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2015.03.03

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.213.50

avast!
Win32:Downloader-VXT [PUP]
150414-0

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.DHP
2014.0.4311

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.78222
1.0.20.650

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Ibryte.KS
21271

Dr.Web
Trojan.iBryte.538
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.iBryte.CI
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.iBryte.BX application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-e40c44db
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.iBryte.CI
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.78222
15.5.25

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.1915120

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.2061

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.78222
16.0.0.390

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dnvwbe
0.30.0.296

Norman
IBryte.URL
11.20150510

nProtect
Adware.iBryte.CI
15.05.08.01

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Adknowledge.Bundler
15.5.10.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.1AC7
23.00.65.15508

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
37788

File size:
392.8 KB (402,272 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Choice Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pull Trends

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/6/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Pull Trends, O=Pull Trends, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=MO, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
2DB408BA9ECD129D99939D263A3C8574

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2015 6:00:25 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:PBtFsXrpxK2ljtAD+eIOWw8lGELhgFsQDjr7Ak5aqkh93J:PBzs7pxKseaw8lGELm6w7AkVkhJJ

Entry address:
0x29FD1

Entry point:
E8, 0E, AC, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 8C, E4, 44, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, A0, E0, 44, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.4355

Code size:
306 KB (313,344 bytes)

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

http://download1491bucket.com/track/install?creative_id=32&_sd=1&adprovider=exoc&source=exo_display-us-728x90-premium&dlink=http://secure.myappz06.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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