microsoft-office-2010.exe

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This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application microsoft-office-2010.exe by Start Now has been detected as adware by 13 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.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
db217bcdd34f1227d288f876ed3913b3

SHA-1:
3c50cb6e32fbc483ad4e486133847d983a10de80

SHA-256:
bd962313b9a3cef0c14ac091079f78465cd3d2da2891bae72b7b917f7e511e74

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
4/24/2024 11:20:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.11.09

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.183.194

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3296

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.1
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AY
8.10693

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13943

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2014.11.08.08

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.b
5600.6952

Reason Heuristics
PUP.StartNow.V
14.11.20.9

Vba32 AntiVirus
Hoax.PornoAsset
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
559.2 KB (572,592 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft-office-2010.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/10/2014 10:45:55 AM

Valid to:
10/11/2015 10:45:55 AM

Subject:
CN=Start Now, O=Start Now, L=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121E62C7AAE5E56FB35260AD52F25921592

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):
12288:1UNgC50un8fesnwqZhEcH30TAEIP718Ri6oRK6OWS:1GT8feHcX00EIRAi6oRKTF

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:
7.9729

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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