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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 18 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.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
45b9161d76a1ba5f6f7a34477a11b449

SHA-1:
44a51d1269ba784bfaa8db3d0a642e952709fe3e

SHA-256:
74498f09a0e603948974d828730ab1c6dd2dc5683a21cf427dffd47bff570edc

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
4/24/2024 6:27:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/OutBrowse.lwasp
7.11.182.126

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3345

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0263

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.Y potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Outbrowse.B2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.3.9

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3221

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.20.10

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7001

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.deinil
0.28.6.62995

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.1010424
14.10.30.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.N
14.9.20.20

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
34232

File size:
986.8 KB (1,010,480 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\inetcache\ie\{random}\google_chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NxxbPkv9pP3fDVPWlHQFZqCqQ4n1k/xrMm:jxbPkv3PfRPWlHQFZqK4wh

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:
7.9256

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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