windows 8.1 keygen generator.exe

The application windows 8.1 keygen generator.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from www26.zippyshare.com.
MD5:
aacf393a9260247b8a7fedea4aab5f84

SHA-1:
265927f568745f49f5981ae132e6e63c9ef8eb52

SHA-256:
f3d3d8614f3e30884ad67eb2930948930b87dafe206494ec10c6dffc3a448df0

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 2:07:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Application.OutBrowse.J
394

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
8.3.1.6

avast!
NSIS:OutBrowse-BN [PUP]
2014.9-160106

AVG
Downloader
2017.0.2872

Bitdefender
Dropped:Application.OutBrowse.J
1.0.20.30

Dr.Web
Trojan.Siggen6.33552
9.0.1.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse potentially unwanted
10.11712

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
1/6/2016

F-Prot
W32/Outbrowse.B2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.OutBrowse.J
11.2016-06-01_4

G Data
Dropped:Application.OutBrowse
16.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.204.16089

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.856

Malwarebytes
Trojan.Agent
v2016.01.06.06

McAfee
Artemis!AACF393A9260
5600.6528

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Application.OutBrowse.J
17.0.0.18

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoad3.dqapeg
0.30.24.1636

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
16.01.06.06

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.OutBrowse.r5 (Not a Virus)
1.16.14.00

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
9401

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0EEK15
7.2.6

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0EEK15
10.465.06

Vba32 AntiVirus
Adware.Outbrowse
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
OutBrowse
40716

File size:
694.7 KB (711,326 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows 8.1 keygen generator.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ryE6ErLDjHHj6Fe/ONDT/nfAKUayhqXYkjK+TC+K6n/yWpyG1z3aw:ryE9rXTDqNDLAKUayhuJhn/ZpHh3t

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:
7.9476

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file windows 8.1 keygen generator.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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