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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 player.exe by OUTBROWSE 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.downloaddesktop3.info.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5020880793801017d1d12cbb4a3e77ca

SHA-1:
c211351871ac6c168e65f2b435045097d8b3496c

SHA-256:
a4c0b336429da2892149709b337578ab7678ffeacb861f1878ce01340d76d62e

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:
5/11/2025 8:11:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.Bundler (M)
16.6.23.2

File size:
621 KB (635,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 1:59:59 AM

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 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xUX0clFdNeED/dxR6VXluJQqYU1g5w5Thk/H5ihf8F/fc8vy4h:xUEcLdZD/908JrKw5T2cmM86

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)

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

http://get.downloaddesktop3.info/DownloadManager/Get?p=7606&d=10363&l=9806&n=1&productname=LightSpark&filename=Player&tf=outbrowse&clickid= j45O4VDUrk249hq5u3o4x4M/dKRoXd4H0jmkhFV oeArkySsdcZAqPYGADLsWKtfiJO7Hr6Z0RQdui3sCkv1e6Uj0jKWh0q5Hh8D9g3MfYVwCWr24HYOEbnzPw6E imXx7c8QONExcmMPGjVWJVpvJ8rEy3KI x2Q4vZzXYyh3fhrhhFmm1NL32CVdpBf1m3YvasSZcWxh7x4uGkDXIuwLRc4ajDCT4OHV1rG26/o/sWUmnatW1iQ4lfF7JmaJIdFd12 IKWr6QRXDxqjJg55Ogwh8daFYlVyX60alh3MGMZGRSW08ORPM9ki7X7n4sPYgpNgHiRqUQmFfG5Pm4KRhFNMhe1VNK4rBK/GL77H9G6/.../liaLnkx9lzTOVJ5jr8m5Wflh35lI7PqPfFKdP2XOaYbQFsP WU 7xcHqBAEafy

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