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microsoft-security-essentials.exe

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click trust opT

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-security-essentials.exe by click trust opT 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.
Publisher:
click trust opT  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
a650ac9a2c74b17330b19f03867dc0f9

SHA-1:
84046ae6b08fc593776e73b34b163c0e577f97f7

SHA-256:
14ee3697b46c6c7aa3435a1b8986b0df71ec79970e6773b00629b1cdca6af0f6

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/14/2024 9:20:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.2.12.12

File size:
1.1 MB (1,160,672 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar17-233012-80cbd3f9-ccd9-4b18-8f62-6408e0afd70c.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft-security-essentials.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
click trust opT

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/15/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=click trust opT, O=click trust opT, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2DED1B7D5C81898CA25652B6EF8A0EE1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/17/2015 4:30:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5823

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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