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windows 8 activator.exe

Trusted apps DDD

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application windows 8 activator.exe by Trusted apps DDD 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.file28desktop.com.
Publisher:
Trusted apps DDD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b2036fcd83af882706b437dd3962b960

SHA-1:
65c562a02a259cf310336d10071729d772a1ee35

SHA-256:
7b317424a095121d91e196152c2f06fad9738fd49710924079c65e6d7473afd3

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:
5/9/2024 3:05:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.Trusteda.Bundler (M)
16.6.7.8

File size:
98.3 KB (100,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows 8 activator.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Trusted apps DDD

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/12/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Trusted apps DDD, O=Trusted apps DDD, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
28CE42E88072C01F3F984FE3A4C64783

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):
3072:NgXdZt9P6D3XJWeqgKJ+BCgt5K2Om9E6Olk7:Ne34IgK0tU49E6T

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 windows 8 activator.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.file28desktop.com/downloadmanager/get?p=4363&d=25522&l=24711&n=1&productname=Setup&dynamicname=Windows 8 Activator&filename=Windows 8 Activator&tyurl=http://ppvline.com/.../Windows8.html&S=windows8activator

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