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freegiez_minecraft.exe

Freegies MineCraft

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 freegiez_minecraft.exe by OutBrowse has been detected as adware by 13 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 Minecraft but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Freegies  (signed by OutBrowse LTD)

Product:
Freegies MineCraft

Version:
1.0

MD5:
b1e1b4fbe529b8175e4d292e46b1c6e1

SHA-1:
ce3fca3bc3c82d30329b780ffd8cda1ba5edecbb

SHA-256:
cfd6d79093b2324bc61c9429ed56c6bef4dac3f69404b5d542db78c3a141c74e

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
4/27/2024 3:37:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3483

Bkav FE
W32.Clod3c2.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1336
9.0.1.0126

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse (variant)
8.9552

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11451

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Smart
v2014.05.06.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OutBrowse.S
14.8.7.17

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBH05BK14
7.2.126

File size:
573.4 KB (587,160 bytes)

Copyright:
© Freegies MineCraft

Trademarks:
Freegies MineCraft

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OutBrowse LTD

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/26/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/26/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OutBrowse LTD, O=OutBrowse LTD, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL, SERIALNUMBER=514686914, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=IL

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
06C1C2AE3E180ADDA27BBF2BD8EAC0E7

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:HX07uEQkNAhM9hJ6ocfFqomhGyvfQPr0zLho:HXIuEFRJ/d7vfQD0zd

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:
7.9756

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file freegiez_minecraft.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.ppdownload.com/.../Freegies_MineCraft.exe

http://s3.amazonaws.com/.../Freegiez_MineCraft.exe

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