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avast-free-antivirus.exe

Yes Apps

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application avast-free-antivirus.exe by Yes Apps 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free AVAST Antivirus but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Yes Apps  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f374f181603a24c21ac5b88a0a0cdfb5

SHA-1:
72b73c2c56f2ca5ef1eb8c1e4281a583271893cf

SHA-256:
dd63bdfb8e38140a8df2d53c946a0e2352609e10878f2113d53a78c236944da4

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 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:
5/8/2024 10:34:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.YesApps.Bundler (M)
16.1.16.7

File size:
583.4 KB (597,416 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Yes Apps

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Yes Apps, O=Yes Apps, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
09183CB6D2B76F4BEF1BA013E2A2DBE1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 7:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ZFsMg7HpTI6YxAmWDpBhKbVbSKzv+R+6da+YjcUyzRRJ1pJl866Fw:ZupJTPYx/axUVbnzw+6dz4LG7l8I

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 avast-free-antivirus.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.pc-file.info/avast-free-antivirus/download/.../google

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