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Multiply ROI, Inc

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application ares.exe by Multiply ROI, Inc 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 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:
Ares  (signed by Multiply ROI, Inc)

Product:
Ares

Version:
1.0

MD5:
aedd2a33fd46729932d7eb4baa4edbd7

SHA-1:
60d3f6628daad575308d18985cc60041e522c93a

SHA-256:
3f13fc4b6917b325800c7759842fc26b1bc8a1d596f709b1beaa26bce5bd6b9c

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
4/25/2024 12:09:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OutBrowse.MultiplyROI.Bundler (M)
16.1.16.6

File size:
587.2 KB (601,320 bytes)

Copyright:
© Ares

Trademarks:
Ares

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Multiply ROI, Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/27/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Multiply ROI, Inc", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Multiply ROI, Inc", L=San Francisco, S=California, 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:
071EA95218ABA65B6DE651F0EFE6F136

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):
12288:VFxDHie1YKh1S9wxj+pMGmbYD5FN/PUUvzk+xnhhAl4qlwcpe4:VbDGKh1nxj+pcUFb/MUbNZazpP

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:
7.9767

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://cdn.ppdownload.com/.../ares.exe

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