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Tiger Download

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by Tiger Download 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:
Fusion Install   (signed by Tiger Download)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
7029228165c71e67f48d8aeb623175a8

SHA-1:
a5a5858045bb5a9ea376de2b020fb992109d6d58

SHA-256:
40f85c2deb6bdd78df186ec3d0bf2558e63c82150e86941d6a7cf7482ccfc3b3

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 5:31:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.TigerDow.Bundler (M)
16.5.12.22

File size:
375.9 KB (384,896 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\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tiger Download

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/20/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tiger Download, O=Tiger Download, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", 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:
00C11A19AF84BA9620158525D468DAF279

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/23/2014 10:00:24 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:VeuFEB096jUROGS9XJFFWn3PMvVOJydmgLS9Of/7ByjT:VeqEC9TOTpWn3PM9OSLS9w2T

Entry address:
0x20461

Entry point:
E8, 3E, 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, E4, 73, 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, 60, 70, 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:
6.4223

Code size:
277.5 KB (284,160 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=isoftmedia_openoffice_safe&adprovider=isoftmediatyp&subid=&subid2=&et=0&dlink=http://secure.oinstaller7.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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