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 16 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 Apple's iTunes but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
OutBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7ae87db0e9c1d2b56749f893ebe66c9a

SHA-1:
efaded922417e907c4b7bc14b533fd1204efe7e0

SHA-256:
9bc8a46459ba021f52833148908379b36920015f436f52084606692c2dfc1640

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
4/26/2024 1:33:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.183.194

AVG
Adware MultiBundle.M
2014.0.4189

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Outbrowse.G
20030

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.K potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
11/8/2014

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

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13943

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2014.11.08.05

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.6952

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OutBrowse.G
14.11.8.16

Sophos
OutBrowse
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Artemis/Variant
10250

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
34232

File size:
105.5 KB (108,048 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:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/24/2014 6:59:59 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 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:QgXdZt9P6D3XJWCiJN5Ky/9XO3jR0eWSzUu/0WL:Qe34FuUQ9OzRgW/cm

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:
7.6783

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 URL.

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