spanking central.exe

RuN APps FOrEver lld

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application spanking central.exe by RuN APps FOrEver lld 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.0144d.info.
Publisher:
KOJTR  (signed by RuN APps FOrEver lld)

Product:
KOJTR

Version:
7412.15128.1394.1058

MD5:
fa853d5df82846fca69fc68563e15a36

SHA-1:
d2ecc799baa35685ba642df66b966db8ec0891b6

SHA-256:
bbfafdffbf12ab0c5ddd833a83813fccc566ea637f5a373ab956831ebbe4b6ce

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 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:
5/13/2024 8:06:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.2.16.18

File size:
370.8 KB (379,680 bytes)

Product version:
7412.15128.1394.1058

Copyright:
KOJTR

Trademarks:
KOJTR

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\spanking central.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=RuN APps FOrEver lld, O=RuN APps FOrEver lld, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
03943858218F35ADB7073A6027555621

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7213

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://get.0144d.info/lm2et5jwgv/14496182981/ce33p6fnny/14496182989/rp7ws/e52lq6gy/.../?00758375758Z2VtMik8aTgrLisyNx9f=NS8yMi8rHmw9KzQoLSkhZzgpJnBralxyXG9nXG&VlPWxrWWtkZGdiHTIwXGBmcWtcZSFdeGVubWQ6H=i0tIC9iVUtHHTRdIV10ZmFtYl5mXmZgNm5oYW5kZGZkHi0pXl1udGtcZCNfZGVgZmFtXjhrbVppZGRmZyUrK1tiZ29rXGQmdHJwamk2Y21vaCUzWiAqYx4t&X1xbbGlcZiZeXWNoXikubl5vHS9fb25KbzhMLz5DdnNqTktPUzZhamY2ZiAsY=Wx0JSxfKiIrMW9cajElLF8dLy9xWm0qJTNdICozb1xrLh0zZCstMS8eL&S9LO1RYHi5cIisxZiArZ=HNpXGZoYmlgICowY15pbG9aZx9eZGljZGRcOjpNUjxiS0JfdCpzYXFJc0l0d0ZLR3BQZkdDWk1STGQ9Y&S1dTWpINmdaRFE0bj8sKzxqdVNBZkhmPkE8bGhJYl9jd2hya21xYUlbPUVRcVBEbVEwZ0FhY15NMk0vUUlYUGFOLS0oOitEeTkwPmVkSVQqR21EJmw4Ki8yLR9kW29uNi4oI2ltZTgpJmNoaTUuH2tdam9uPSohbHA2LC0vMTYxMS0xNR9ibThfZXQ=wLA

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