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ccleaner.exe

OUTbrowse Ltd

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application ccleaner.exe by OUTbrowse has been detected as adware by 16 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Piriform CCleaner but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
OUTbrowse Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c57fc2af5eb6e360a724e540d82e6fc7

SHA-1:
9b4fa6b1ff6e038290743b9d717be97e791f190d

SHA-256:
39fcd1a9064c65d3e393061cb9f8616db04171805db3b44c9904101e9c543d97

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
4/20/2024 11:41:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/OutBrowse.lwasq
7.11.183.114

avast!
OutBrowse-B [PUP]
2014.9-141205

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3342

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28499
9.0.1.0266

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AU
8.10678

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of norton antivirus.exe (Adware)
2014.12.5.16

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13888

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3207

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.23.02

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.a
5600.6926

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dgnlgr
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTbrowse.I
14.9.23.12

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.F8FC28D6
7.2.339

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
34232

File size:
556.7 KB (570,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Swedish (Sweden)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTbrowse Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
8/18/2014 3:30:42 PM

Valid to:
8/19/2015 3:30:42 PM

Subject:
CN=OUTbrowse Ltd, OU=Tech, O=OUTbrowse Ltd, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11218698DE6360060E5B84AA941E48BB9A93

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:pe34SiRzYmOfed8qxBmEd7Loff3HM3+tBoO26WJOWDIIANpmfnA+Vr9PKk4z993D:ii1Ei8qxB5K3C+tBoRTlANp+xfe99M

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)

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