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Activitybit

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by Activitybit 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 aback-structurec37c4d.com.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by Activitybit)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
925c45952f3ea889b6b31c95f9150a26

SHA-1:
f58e6ed29480cf7876b8bfbfa99689a766bbefa4

SHA-256:
1d70f3d4280e5ddd201f16446fc971e890048c896a1e9ae4862a34678f407851

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:
11/14/2024 8:39:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.Activity.Bundler (M)
16.5.20.12

File size:
355.9 KB (364,408 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:
Activitybit

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/13/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Activitybit, O=Activitybit, 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:
00CC9BAD53CC9656D16154BCDC7CB1E1BF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/7/2015 9:00:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:uJ+vHcsvAwpOyyl63rFTJnJRRhC3TH45zD+4eX9xNl:uJ+0svAExlrFTJJrIj4B+4eX9xb

Entry address:
0x24D11

Entry point:
E8, DD, AD, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 64, 94, 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, 78, 90, 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:
6.3491

Code size:
284.5 KB (291,328 bytes)

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

http://aback-structurec37c4d.com/track/install?gluid=gyaEYiQh4MIGp2G7RjjTs4RxsKsYgBkVQNHuKI5mVKI0uQjm8cOlE9nj6fYv2d U86G1AyFw9QrISg xuZPRQGs12qrOQxpn2TE7TAcqVOg70Vg1BA0c 7ehGasqTRam3 0GSe5k4garEDi9phRGddO7weKt9e1GpaYo9gK/Vy2meF8HbuoksTZr/UaHD/KjoWRzJdLmq7SoCqpkrjsEU19WktteBvL0KM6Zj8wJJ9jgGvKqdCPw7NnnSQE0jCjX91TpoXbV4jp/jQRARsiEYlkvAUQdWfwkO9Zsl81p0anm6f1tr4YvBkCDLOwhUdptFohGFx5 5fZYaMaKQ0X0yc45Exb6v3aCOhncOU5bncC2fnL9C08jdZPdT3tngHCRErDwc1i/9OFlM5PbRihxGNMhAkwrg75YLv1b4dgH1MVfpyMRvBLZtkA gQmVOuV9OvOF8J7bDctiLTr3LgfD1lAXl/6VYQI1ljpvV3kBT6MRLvtOZ30CkuMBuhWO/xCr2Vtf6rchBd6 8y4tNcILLbjgHNJVuXck&_sd=1&alc=1&dl=1&dlink=http://installationproxy361.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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