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adobe reader.exe

OUTBROWSE

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application adobe reader.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b016fe4874a5391c92c44cc90d333728

SHA-1:
aeab471f77ec38d44f3e07f85cb8d5307fb1403a

SHA-256:
136f2564620a44a2df37589bc90a644e1dbb5322082869c74aa9b69d93469628

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
4/26/2024 11:42:06 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.148.12

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3454

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0155

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse
8.9767

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
6/4/2014

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.8.16.16

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12006

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.06.04.03

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7036

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf
0.28.0.59608

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.M
14.8.7.20

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.E733C7B9
7.2.155

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28950

File size:
968.7 KB (991,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE, O=OUTBROWSE, STREET=Bialik Number: 143, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252337, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A5F03C3A375C11FD6C1C160EE8BFF923

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ijtbtfFcicu9/AGdSHlXEYprdDJ5Qk7I/Oylc8Cnr1G:s79Iu9/9dSHlXECrBJ5r7Ibl7or4

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9254

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file adobe reader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://get.download2desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get?p=414&d=9892&l=9338&n=1&productname=free-downloadss.com&d1=1&d2=1&d3=1&d4=1&d5=86&exeurl=http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/11.x/11.0.06/.../AdbeRdr11006_en_US.exe&dynamicname=Adobe Reader&filename=Adobe Reader

http://www.1freedown.com/.../download.php?id=536127ad0cf0f&i=adus2

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