minecraft.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 minecraft.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. With this installer, users are expecting to download Minecraft but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bdde2f4b4b0d8c3bff3472a31ed4c717

SHA-1:
bab26d06d2eb723b84a12bd6bec3143cee0f0cb1

SHA-256:
88eac217e9eb9e4cc4e573f19eed2cec5160e7b5f8f3b63be8cd343be4affbdb

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
4/26/2024 9:01:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
838

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.10.20

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/OutBrowse.lwasp
7.11.179.162

avast!
OutBrowse-G [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3316

Bitdefender
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
1.0.20.1460

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
14.10.19

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.T potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
11.2014-19-10_1

G Data
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13727

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2014.10.19.08

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
15.0.0.876

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Raw.OutBrowse.dbpywt
0.28.2.62671

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.942584
14.10.19.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.M
14.10.19.20

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
33706

File size:
920.5 KB (942,584 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE, O=OUTBROWSE, STREET=Bialik Number: 143, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252337, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A5F03C3A375C11FD6C1C160EE8BFF923

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):
24576:23HXdyZNrNF/4lgGhpwJxmntY1VKc9IsTELQ:IHXc3BqXp6fScKsIL

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:
7.9176

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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