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videoconverter.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application videoconverter.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from thanks.postdownload.net.
Publisher:
ExpressInstaller  (signed by Premium Installer)

Product:
ExpressInstaller

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
e3bd96de960d58c4601e848d8c8120f8

SHA-1:
5c44a08be2542296c75e22389a6bb9342393289a

SHA-256:
1a8b99dbf59747779dc97329ac5f267a2b12194d2b68b51160b6b66bca6c84a0

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

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:
12/25/2024 2:13:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
5648785

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2015.04.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
Installer-K [PUP]
2014.9-150419

AVG
Adware AdInstaller.ExpressInstall
2016.0.3135

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
1.0.20.545

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.M
21818

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.3480
9.0.1.0109

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.K.gen application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
4/19/2015

F-Prot
W32/Ibryte.G.gen
v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of free-download-if-you-meet-the-buddha-on-the-road,-kill-him!-by-sheldon-kopp.exe (Adware)
2015.7.20.17

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.191.14631

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.2169

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2015.04.19.04

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
16.0.0.327

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cqiqwb
0.30.16.1110

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
15.04.19.04

Quick Heal
PUA.iBryte.DC4
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Adknowledge.Bundler
15.4.18.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.Fednu.ef!1075354751
23.00.65.15417

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
59

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
36468

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.118759
2.0.0.2034

File size:
1.2 MB (1,289,880 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 ExpressInstaller

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/2/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium Installer, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, 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:
35BB74B905C01CE61DA131BA49337F33

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/16/2013 12:30:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6D1cdwejMePb0YGS0sdfMMDbObV+3SQiuyrKV3G/i0KnmQX9zJn1k2C2CUFo8XVM:6hUb0Y4mB26k9KV3GI3nL7lXWtW8Sba/

Entry address:
0x41DC

Entry point:
E8, FB, 35, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 5C, C2, 41, 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, 44, C0, 41, 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:
6.8765

Code size:
105 KB (107,520 bytes)

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

http://thanks.postdownload.net/download.php?aid=325&loc=c2&pid=1&sid=fcab6c1633fc44bb8d7bf8d7b10276cf&tid=1379425766&type=iTunes&crc=9067eeb3b416f06398b6e61cf176a8d6

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