» google-chrome.exe
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google-chrome.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 google-chrome.exe by OutBrowse has been detected as adware by 17 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 Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

google-chrome.exe

Publisher:

OutBrowse (signed and verified)

MD5:

66ab97c8ed1f5e846fda04660f1c5ac1

SHA-1:

6aee0f02a967f0a0e7de65fc438d9bff6aa4af8c

SHA-256:

09f269735d3fb4f4a5d58b6f7bde3a44ad91a0b6ebadc291a807314bbdb56732

Scanner detections:

17 / 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:

4/25/2024 10:28:04 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.OutBrowse

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.OutBrowse

2014.10.25

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Downloader.Gen

7.11.181.38

AVG

Adware MultiBundle.M

2014.0.4040

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.Outbrowse.G

19887

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.2081

9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32

Win32/OutBrowse.K potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/OutBrowse

10/24/2014

F-Prot

W32/Outbrowse.B.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.185.13789

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Outbrowse

v2014.10.24.05

McAfee

Adware-OutBrowse

5600.6967

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf

0.28.2.62841

Reason Heuristics

PUP.OutBrowse.N

14.10.24.17

Sophos

OutBrowse

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.Artemis/Variant

10280

VIPRE Antivirus

OutBrowse

34218

File size:

105.5 KB (108,024 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:

OutBrowse

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/23/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

10/24/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=OutBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=OutBrowse, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

56A6FE571611B68C9224798AD62913CA

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/5/2009 3:50:52 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:ZgXdZt9P6D3XJeCx5Ky/9XO3jR0eWSzUu/0Wz:Ze34txUQ9OzRgW/c+

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:

7.6794

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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