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adwcleaner.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 adwcleaner.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:
5f630ad578e6cbe9ee9adf3ac9fd2bd1

SHA-1:
27fbb292d9a0bae38457adcb04a67bb90113799f

SHA-256:
6763594aaa4bff95b512a24aa2203e5836cd56753b4e071c7f3768255f064c4d

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 6:54:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
140929-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3336

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AU
8.10483

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13521

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.29.04

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.a
5600.6992

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.K
14.9.29.16

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
33520

File size:
557.1 KB (570,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 8:59:59 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 8:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ye34swutkqzFSRgPfapgsoWpcHKzUs8wKIrXt/RtZAC7AFq6VdXAS7U44z993i9E:JtTFZfaSsoZhXQ5RthUFq6DF7/e99M

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file adwcleaner.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://get.download2desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get?downloadtime=1411771645&p=10096&d=14176&l=13577&n=1&productname=WinInstallDownloadManager&exeurl=http://.../adwcleaner-1.606-en.exe&dynamicname=AdwCleaner&filename=adwcleaner&d1=3

http://get.file5desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get?p=10096&d=14176&l=13577&n=1&productname=WinInstallDownloadManager&exeurl=http://.../adwcleaner-1.606-en.exe&dynamicname=AdwCleaner&filename=adwcleaner&d1=3

http://pt.win-install.info/adwcleaner/download/.../google

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