home

download.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 download.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 18 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 fra1.ib.adnxs.com.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ec9765d017eb49f2cfedecff33b99357

SHA-1:
8a04e53bc769c4c238ed471e27e4f7ac974ae298

SHA-256:
9bb6144a6561fb8cb41c2cd144114fd8783c0112b069c9dca1d2bc37bc3c3367

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
4/23/2024 7:38:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.09.14

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.167.226

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3353

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0256

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AJ
8.10276

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of sevenzip2.exe (Adware)
2014.11.9.13

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13086

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3258

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.13.11

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7009

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.deinil
0.28.2.61942

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.644128
14.09.12.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.I
14.9.13.10

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.DEEC039A
7.2.256

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
32210

File size:
629 KB (644,128 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 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 12:59:59 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 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:X+hzELb2Ag+va0JpN8BAgSGEo+EKe/1HW+MhLRwbpzRJR1ue8PR5fc8vy4h:X+hzELb3PS0J7eAg+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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9806

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.

http://fra1.ib.adnxs.com/click?Bl-10qkh4D-OCZ6PIUPbPwAAAAAAAPA_jgmejyFD2z8HX7XSqSHgP7GVNyY9DeB4-OlteA5-Zl_pEPJTAAAAAFBgMwA_AQAA_AcAAAIAAAA97ekA3NUGAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEACADuAHR-wAAvM0AAgUAAQIAAJAAjyVjOwAAAAA./cnd=!VAZ8OwjHtp0CEL3apwcY3KsbIAA./referrer=www.merlinminivacuumcleaner.com/clickenc=http://get.file2desktop.com/.../Get?p=8723&d=12098&l=11517&n=1&productname=GoogleChrome&d1=103&d2=3366992&clickid=UAT_fra1CPjTt8PnwZ-zXxACGLGr3rHSp4PweCIMODEuMTUyLjc5Ljc2KAEw6aHInwU.

Remove download.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.