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google-chrome.exe

VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application google-chrome.exe by VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cff50b0477205eddc2cdf4f663b2961b

SHA-1:
410750f76ab1df5a0cda60dc811e005e7b0a04b0

SHA-256:
41972b7db141f5a7f06d202afcd2642cb6eb246d1ea8ab6ab2721a3cee9dfe3d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/15/2024 6:49:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.11.24.15

File size:
576.2 KB (590,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\google-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/11/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb, O=VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7AF1676F5AA70E4C13D24B9BD216BBB5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 3:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:7d2fpUiF73JLv54hZUSpARH2oBUY+QIUypkTMsROd2/yRoZeRy:7dyUy73EhjyRfUGUkfOTRoe0

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9419

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file google-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download-file.downloadzone.org/download/684/.../

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