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kms_windows 8 & 8.1 activator.exe

The application kms_windows 8 & 8.1 activator.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
MD5:
a8df840e554721f8276fb6fc347f989d

SHA-1:
850215f74b88920e34d74b9b7ae9e890cb626b7b

SHA-256:
cf5db8919cdd6c6eb4308709957fde81a3d717c324d4beb058112182ff9e6a8f

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:02:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Application.OutBrowse.J
647

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.04.28

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
OutBrowse-BN [PUP]
2014.9-150428

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3125

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.OutBrowse
4.0.3.15428

Bitdefender
Dropped:Application.OutBrowse.J
1.0.20.590

Dr.Web
Trojan.Siggen6.33552
9.0.1.0118

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Application.OutBrowse
8.15.07.28.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
4/28/2015

F-Prot
W32/Outbrowse.B2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Dropped:Application.OutBrowse.J
11.2015-28-04_3

G Data
Dropped:Application.OutBrowse
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of kmspico.exe
2015.7.28.22

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.203.15769

McAfee
Program.Artemis!061E4B9FB0F6
5600.6781

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Application.OutBrowse.J
16.0.0.354

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoad3.dqapeg
0.30.20.1219

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse Revenyou'
5.13

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
9907

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0ODL15
7.2.118

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0ODL15
10.465.28

Vba32 AntiVirus
Adware.Outbrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
39486

File size:
694.7 KB (711,323 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Turkish (Turkey)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\windows 8 n 8.1 activator\kms_windows 8 & 8.1 activator.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:jQE6ErLDjHHj6Fe/ONDT/nfAKUayhqXYkjK+TC+K6n/yWpyG1z3av:jQE9rXTDqNDLAKUayhuJhn/ZpHh3u

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)

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