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word.exe

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 word.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 13 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 dl.app2desktop.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bfcd50460e9b28211139304c599e1bec

SHA-1:
6a1abedb869fafce2c301b2a91a8d33bc4ff7ed2

SHA-256:
437c148cb46ba764c6b6d7addb080ea6544c909cf26c1ba4b832026a2704fa9f

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
4/25/2024 7:51:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3325

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AQ
8.10545

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13642

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.10.10.08

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.a
5600.6981

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.deioif
0.28.2.62483

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.E
14.10.10.20

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
33706

File size:
565.2 KB (578,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 7:59:59 PM

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 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VmoY9tBiOEiqOkLnp/mxFDZI3baXnK9mUPUAtAp21:VmoYhibiVk1Cq2a9HUA

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:
7.9769

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file word.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://dl.app2desktop.com//DownloadManager/Get?file=Get2&p=414&d=9892&l=9338&n=1&productname=free-downloadss.com&d1=1&d2=1&d3=1&d4=1&d5=110&exeurl=http://.../Word-Viewer.exe&dynamicname=Word&filename=Word

http://get.file20desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get2?p=414&d=9892&l=9338&n=1&productname=free-downloadss.com&d1=1&d2=1&d3=1&d4=1&d5=110&exeurl=http://.../Word-Viewer.exe&dynamicname=Word&filename=Word

http://www.ifreedownloadss.com/.../download.php?id=540f7397c437b&i=ica

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