java update.exe

Click Yes

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application java update.exe by Click Yes has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Click Yes  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e584f6b9929bbc895b05960bd1faf2b3

SHA-1:
b2aa90434375746ebf66339263db08b4c1df74bb

SHA-256:
be843d434637102d608beded0fd688fcd1ced8798c4ee0d7fd2c610475b8f773

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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 11:34:25 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.ClickYes.Bundler (M)
16.2.26.4

File size:
576.7 KB (590,528 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/5/2014 4:07:31 PM

Valid to:
10/22/2015 1:00:12 PM

Subject:
CN=Click Yes, O=Click Yes, L=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112190C87C7B9BFB7AB9CC923A9EA0FD08B2

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:aTpKyRF4ox2GSBxIJqQuSS+bk9ANyE7Q6OB2GAF+IXeDjZR:aVcowG4xcF7VbIiv7GB2GAF+SEjD

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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