itunes.exe

Multiply ROI, Inc

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application itunes.exe by Multiply ROI, Inc has been detected as adware by 11 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 Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
itunes  (signed by Multiply ROI, Inc)

Product:
itunes

Version:
1.0

MD5:
c5824254fe5ce43a5ce2cab62eb77f5e

SHA-1:
716fe1bd78a62f89752c9d0f38c8f4c79e48b7dd

SHA-256:
dc8d773014b16815f6f044189cda3bc6d93253ab1c91ba4856f29554b5b40a05

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
4/18/2024 9:31:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/OutBrowse.M.1
7.11.113.136

Bkav FE
W32.Clod688.Trojan
1.3.0.4415

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.OutBrowse.D
17271

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1449
9.0.1.0231

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse (variant)
9.9049

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.10.7.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Smart
v2015.08.19.09

McAfee
Artemis!80FAA40D1C05
5600.6668

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OutBrowse.MultiplyROI.Bundler (M)
15.8.19.21

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0925
7.2.231

VIPRE Antivirus
OutBrowse
23370

File size:
603 KB (617,432 bytes)

Copyright:
© itunes

Trademarks:
itunes

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/27/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2014 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Multiply ROI, Inc", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Multiply ROI, Inc", L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

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:
071EA95218ABA65B6DE651F0EFE6F136

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4EpWH/L/af/dN/WeayWEtnK3Zs9cG9KijYb2z09p4yD9O:4E1/dIeTReZs9tK2Yb2zUhpO

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:
7.9772

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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