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RUN apps forever lld

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 RUN apps forever lld has been detected as adware by 8 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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
RUN apps forever lld  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fd14b2b9664d4c1bcf5caba549d8439d

SHA-1:
89c92b78f0eb642c4ff0e2d93fd1f78a32def07d

SHA-256:
e4c3d2091782572b9e494f59a5cc4eff528069da82d4f5ef14ae83ba893c0a38

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
5/14/2024 9:55:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.03.12

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.OutBrowse.125
9.0.1.070

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of f_01af3f (Adware)
2015.6.17.21

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.e
5600.6829

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dorbni
0.30.0.296

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.3.18.1

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.BCA5EDAC
7.2.70

File size:
609.9 KB (624,584 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:
RUN apps forever lld

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/7/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=RUN apps forever lld, O=RUN apps forever lld, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
770A121C72F82874561F320EBFA576A6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:sBjyOCyP2RAeM74bhmxgay0/prncrBCPBMUT/XaVmWoqd:sB2oYAXPvxrcrBCPBF/KVmk

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:
7.9469

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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