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adobeflash.exe

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start pLaYinG

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application adobeflash.exe by start pLaYinG 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 OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.downward234.info.
Publisher:
start pLaYinG  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
5280446a2ff29a6f9788b7738014a6c7

SHA-1:
3dceb3bce692780e5b289b47b189214a29ea73f8

SHA-256:
ec36af0851fa086b1b363a784d10d7b75de69b7bcefb606a1a2f7679e67a8cc7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/15/2024 12:38:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.startpLaYinG.Bundler (M)
16.3.1.13

File size:
1 MB (1,100,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr08-164720-8143dd56-83b8-44b9-a5dc-6d84e34f7a82.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
start pLaYinG

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/5/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=start pLaYinG, O=start pLaYinG, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
5710C1A12BBDDC415042EFF3C346F6DC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/2015 5:47:20 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:MMiy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKh6s9aJQKq8gUTO1qxklJCZB0BWlSRczE4E4uNG+W:MbSaE4mvt/34+JZS1jlJCz0gdzxENG7

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5476

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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

http://get.downward234.info/.../1428511638/1428511638?56159624977Yl9zLC05bjkpMisyIGM4KTM1MR1lNi0yNi8daDstHWlral50XmtoX2lcNjpfaWFgPWZfb18fXXRoYGhgXWxdZF42PF5uXVxAal1qYR9hY2tgZVtrYTQ6XWpcZEFjW3FkHWw2NC80Mi8sMTMdYlxqaDwtHXRnbDQr

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