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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 download.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure-ams.adnxs.com.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cfc11e60683e0f6cf4e089640fcf99af

SHA-1:
296100cec9e76658cd845e2890be5c51d4660e2f

SHA-256:
4a94aee7bf9f13a9585dc5d6d067a9d87ae6f313bf3a0cd8e3e68d05857f221c

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
4/24/2024 10:03:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.168.134

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3375

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AJ
8.10293

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.8.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13125

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.08.21.05

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7031

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.I
14.8.21.16

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.DEEC039A
7.2.233

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
32210

File size:
629 KB (644,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 1:59:59 AM

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 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6vhzELb2Ag+va0JpN8BAgSGEo+EKe/1HW+MhLRwbpzRJR1ue8PR5fc8vy4h:6vhzELb3PS0J7eAg+tPetHWhhLROpzRp

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 download.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://secure-ams.adnxs.com/click?KpK-RRCpgT9aL7QFpl97PwAAAAAAAPA_Wi-0BaZfez8qkr5FEKmBP83vlwKrXbw7qEPnTLfAmlGB3fBTAAAAAB3uMgByBwAA_AcAAAIAAAD7NwIBF1EGAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEANgCWgDV-AAAGrgAAgUAAQIAAI4AuSOV1AAAAAA./cnd=!NAbQOwi01IsCEPvviAgYl6IZIAI./referrer=https://www.youtube.com/clickenc=http://clickeu.tractionize.com/st?cipid=377000&ttype=1&crid=2347458&dast=Ym89MSZzbGlkPTAmc3ViaWQ9NTUxNSZzbz0xJmNpY21wPTk1NDc4JnB1YmlkPTIyMjImY2lwaWQ9Mzc3MDAwJmNpc2lkPUEzM0MxOEI4RjgxNDc2MDUxNTQxNDQ3NDE3JmNpcmlkPUEzM0MxOEI4RjgxNDc2MDY2MjcyMzY1NDcmY2l1aWQ9Nzg1NjExMTk3OTgyOTQ0Nzk4MyZjcmlkPTIzNDc0NTgmZXhjaWQ9MjImbW10PS0xJmNudHJ5PTgw&cmcv=${CMCV}&tgtf=http://get.file2desktop.com/.../Get?p=8723&d=12098&l=11517&n=1&productname=GoogleChrome&d1=103&d2=3337757&clickid=UAT_ams1CKiHnef0lrDNURACGM3f35SwtZfeOyIOOTUuMjIyLjE2MC4yMDEoATCBu8OfBQ..

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