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adobe_reader.exe

great apps tLd

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 great apps tLd has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downloadease.net.
Publisher:
great apps tLd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8a8c9e67ef85609d89a3958c5f89c5a9

SHA-1:
483d12b57956f40394447a42298d46ac52519835

SHA-256:
4866dad2df36a7d370cd5137728a283a84156b4db6f0d057b8b5069e000f4db9

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
5/15/2024 11:55:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.04.07

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3147

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoad3.36217
9.0.1.097

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted
9.11434

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
4/7/2015

F-Prot
W32/Outbrowse.B2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15504

Malwarebytes
Trojan.Agent.ED
v2015.04.07.05

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.e
5600.6803

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoad3.dqapeg
0.30.10.952

Quick Heal
Adware.NSIS.OutBrowse.A
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.4.7.1

Sophos
Generic PUA BD
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.B05CB702
7.2.97

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38950

File size:
576.5 KB (590,320 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:
great apps tLd

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/7/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=great apps tLd, O=great apps tLd, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
13046544502E4EAC8007F64AEAFAE5C4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 3:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/kPQvc0jFfDLpEEMl1fkQCJ/anth4n40t9L4Xg9rcj2CAuHoRrImNp/MQmP:/kPmfjZD1EE+/CJCTct9L4Xg9rgrAym5

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9427

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 URL.

http://download.downloadease.net/download/706/.../

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