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iTunes.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 iTunes.exe by OutBrowse has been detected as adware by 15 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:
OutBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a15aad90701fd3dc1e41e36e02ac7a41

SHA-1:
ac89df6b48cea2bb934afebdb8c4e4d5037d3941

SHA-256:
11932c59cb5eba04a82223c50b58b1f274d37736379d77620404861f0a162fa6

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
4/26/2024 7:57:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.01.02

AVG
MalSign.OutBrowse
2015.0.3509

Bkav FE
W32.Clodcb3.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1664
9.0.1.099

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse (variant)
8.9238

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.174.10689

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
14.0.0.4041

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.04.09.08

McAfee
Artemis!A15AAD90701F
5600.7165

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OutBrowse.G
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Generic PUA AL
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1204
7.2.99

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.OutBrowse
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
OutBrowse
24980

File size:
622.3 KB (637,232 bytes)

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
Signed by:
OutBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/24/2014 7:59:59 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 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Bc9/ZrqyOmXPj2+jxmY0lKX/b5qQwGDJ+QBrh/jRhucDprJdchIfN:BQ/NqlmXrlBjs5AJxj3DChY

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:
7.9785

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file iTunes.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://download.download-new.com/download.php?id=a90d326c253845c25a85ca38d14ee6d7841cbc87&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImR3IiwicnMiOiJnIiwicnQiOiJzIiwiYyI6InVzIiwibyI6IndpbjciLCJiIjoiY2gzMSIsInVfaWQiOiJkd181MjlmZjJjZmIyY2FmOS41MzQyOTgyMi41ZDQ0MzZmNmViNTVjMzk0Njc2N2ZiMjZmNDhlODliYSIsInBhX2lkIjoiOCIsInN0X2lkIjoiMCIsInNwX2lkIjoiMDAwMC0wMjUzIiwidHMiOjEzODYyMTQwOTUsImt3IjoiaXR1bmVzIiwiY3UiOiIiLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0

http://download.download-new.com/download.php?id=a90d326c253845c25a85ca38d14ee6d7841cbc87&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImR3IiwicnMiOiJnIiwicnQiOiJzIiwiYyI6ImluIiwibyI6IndpbjciLCJiIjoiY2gzMSIsInVfaWQiOiJkd181MjllYjNkNTQwZDRjMC43NDg4NTA3OC5jNjgyYjA1ZDgxNWM5YTUyMTU0NjhjNGEzOTllNzM3ZCIsInBhX2lkIjoiOCIsInN0X2lkIjoiMCIsInNwX2lkIjoiMDAwMC0wMjUzIiwidHMiOjEzODYxMzI0MzcsImt3IjoiaXR1bmVzIGZyZWUgZG93bmxvYWQiLCJjdSI6IiIsImNhIjpudWxsfQ

http://download.download-new.com/download.php?id=a90d326c253845c25a85ca38d14ee6d7841cbc87&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImR3IiwicnMiOiJnIiwicnQiOiJzIiwiYyI6InVzIiwibyI6IndpbjciLCJiIjoiY2gzMSIsInVfaWQiOiJkd181MmE0OGQ5M2JlZGFiNS4zNjc0MzY5MC5jZmNmODEzYmFjMWI1NWNmZWFkNjhjOTA2Mjg2YmQ5ZSIsInBhX2lkIjoiOCIsInN0X2lkIjoiMCIsInNwX2lkIjoiMDAwMC0wMjUzIiwidHMiOjEzODY1MTU4NTksImt3IjoiZ2V0IG5ld2l0dW5lcyAxMSBmcmVlIiwiY3UiOiIiLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0

http://default-page.com/downloader/.../?d1=5&d2=1&d3=1&d4=6&d5=00000253

http://default-page.com/.../iTunes?d1=5&d2=1&d3=1&d4=6&d5=00000253

http://download.download-new.com/download.php?id=a90d326c253845c25a85ca38d14ee6d7841cbc87&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImR3IiwicnMiOiJnIiwicnQiOiJzIiwiYyI6InVzIiwibyI6IndpbjciLCJiIjoiY2gzMSIsInVfaWQiOiJkd181MmE3YTExYjhiMWZkMy45NTgwMzAzNy5lNmE3YzY0ZDUzMzZhNGQ3YzlmODA3ODY1NTBmNWRhNiIsInBhX2lkIjoiOCIsInN0X2lkIjoiMCIsInNwX2lkIjoiMDAwMC0wMjUzIiwidHMiOjEzODY3MTc0NjcsImt3IjoiaXR1bmVzIiwiY3UiOiIiLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0

http://cdn.app2desktop.com/misc/adlogica/.../iTunes.exe

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