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updater_setup.exe

FUSION INSTALL

The Fusion Installer, which is a variant of Adknowledge's download manager bundles a number of ad-supported offerings in the installer. The application updater_setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL 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.pn-installer3.com.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
f5d5cc683f9cad2ad69c949ff9f0089a

SHA-1:
09f09de06fc3ec7bf65f99b3f10e2ebf7f65ef5e

SHA-256:
98f20c60d845e7aa6fd0882068fb3e859c8a5a209a8bc6c5a0d0a184c6c9e6ab

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components (toolbars, coupon extensions, ad-supported extensions and utility offers).

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:52:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.8.4.10

File size:
2.5 MB (2,670,888 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\updater_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FUSION INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FUSION INSTALL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=FUSION INSTALL, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3615E290FD8B112928257EE3CD74B519

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/10/2014 4:39:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:qds6PQcOsIkwOK1JmYwqYyXWQzicroH6en8jhET2gBjP8/ZfHBGBd52NxC:qXPQ5sIkw/ghyHroHz8jhET/BQ/VBS22

Entry address:
0x79ED5

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, C0, 8C, 4B, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 98, 62, 68, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, C1, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 23, 9C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CD, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, A4, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, F4, 4E, 68, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F9, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 21, 80, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 4D, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.2381

Code size:
663.5 KB (679,424 bytes)

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

http://secure.pn-installer3.com/o/.../Updater_Setup.exe

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