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norton.exe

Setup

JUSt ACCept

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application norton.exe by JUSt ACCept has been detected as adware by 9 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from get1.0114solutions.info.
Publisher:
JUSt ACCept  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
de036ff31b28cdc86d2085c9f1c9ff35

SHA-1:
34e499a94f849187c8361e08a5ba36215b374c24

SHA-256:
4b12fe1d634f85850916b615670c2b35a5ee0e9bf4666451421ee0c2c1936543

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
5/17/2024 5:52:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.216.120

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.CUA
2014.0.4257

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.03.12.10

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.e
5600.6828

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dorbni
0.30.0.296

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.3.12.22

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OutBrowse/Variant
10001

File size:
1.1 MB (1,152,176 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar12-201012-e598f116-d087-479d-9fe0-6b11fd7f0e46.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
JUSt ACCept

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=JUSt ACCept, O=JUSt ACCept, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
5D82A756CDCFD5F51E67D8BE3624611D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2015 9:10:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZbSaE4mvt/QWrjhmHiSpV4unwH7Sloq+29:ZbSv4mv+Sjhmnz4uwH7yLP9

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

The file norton.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get1.0114solutions.info/.../1426190997/1426190997?32037942583ZGN0LzA2bDsvKTEjYj02MTAuJGc1NjAxOCNnNC0ka2psYXNjcWdYaWM4Xm9iYy1haG5qampZYXBxLmBoZCJiLDUuI2IyOiodYDE4KSNhMj0uH1sxOy8oNS83JmJxXHFwZzVlcXJwIixYITBhHS9jYHV2JltrdWlkbF5iLmtoaXBtaSZgbGslL19ba3VpZGxeYnMiK10uLiwsIi9kMi4nKCEwYUZGUExBUx4pYlNOHS9jTEFTJktTKy0pKy4sMCo RSlTTiZidWMmYXJlXWtkW2tea2U6R2ZucmpmI2NnbGJnWGljOEZsb3Jvax9gX21pNTIjeGltNikiYWc1ZGJyNDQ

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