fwtunericore.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 fwtunericore.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.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c4e3afc23810a79703112cb03be3bed2

SHA-1:
b2c4d28cbec556041c5c0f62cbf9aadbfd91b74d

SHA-256:
22fb22218f807ac37b1f7aa263b420fbfdf72856d00e396a7cf5c87f4a761147

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:
5/1/2024 6:48:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.170.42

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3354

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.OutBrowse
4.0.3.14912

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0255

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.7.7

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13218

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3263

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.12.11

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.deioif
0.28.2.61861

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.M
14.9.12.11

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
32210

File size:
564.9 KB (578,416 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\fwtunericore.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
4/8/2015 6:59:59 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:
12/6/2009 5:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NSerwZ6oeqD7zh9C0aisYJpqIxQ3qGdNLB9ozGxfynv:NxrwZ6ozDXrvrJZQ3BKax+

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:
7.9768

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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