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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 installation.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.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8bd7e4a646c2ec8b605653e033a03baf

SHA-1:
4b28a2121e39926f19460b49ff8535bc2d3e18d1

SHA-256:
d2afd4417c4b3497b005dfa350d777eb0d18adfb355e0514602823c51b72f135

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
4/23/2024 1:26:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.169.248

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3345

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0264

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AM
8.10336

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3219

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.21.04

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.a
5600.7001

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downware.dehadt
0.28.2.61861

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.634936
14.09.21.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.M
14.9.21.3

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
32210

File size:
620.1 KB (634,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installation.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 1:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HhHqZX71vkjYpetKvv34+mVj65CLiVuU3Vv/Jewn8fc8vy4h:Hy1vatm4V6Dl/sAR86

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file installation.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://get.file2desktop.com/.../Get?p=8723&d=12098&l=11517&n=1&productname=GoogleChrome&d1=103&d2=3417280&clickid=UAT_ams1COLejM3ksL3OHBACGOrGkY6zjuXGfiINNzguMTMuMjEzLjEyMigBMMjr-58F

https://secure-ams.adnxs.com/click?AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPA_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGpjxDFzlI1-Yi-jSYb1nBzI9f5TAAAAAMAkNAB2AgAA_AcAAAIAAAD7NwIBLTwHAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEANgCWgCCmwAAJMkAAgUAAQIAAJQAsRX0KQAAAAA./cnd=!wQZgPwjR1YsCEPvviAgYrfgcIAI./referrer=https://ib.adnxs.com/tt?id=3417280&referrer=&cb=1468761851/clickenc=http://get.file2desktop.com/.../Get?p=8723&d=12098&l=11517&n=1&productname=GoogleChrome&d1=103&d2=3417280&clickid=UAT_ams1COLejM3ksL3OHBACGOrGkY6zjuXGfiINNzguMTMuMjEzLjEyMigBMMjr-58F

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