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adobe-flash-player.exe

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This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application adobe-flash-player.exe by Start Now 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 www.win-install.info.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f4f7fc657a04a24910b43c72aa18955a

SHA-1:
660e5edb551d5611ee882d5d1926307489c72c60

SHA-256:
18526b17a6635a442884719499dd636ebe460ea9b132ebaf83b3cc80e1003fe1

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:
11/5/2024 11:25:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.StartNow.Bundler (M)
16.7.29.0

File size:
559.2 KB (572,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Start Now

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/10/2014 4:45:55 PM

Valid to:
10/11/2015 4:45:55 PM

Subject:
CN=Start Now, O=Start Now, L=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121E62C7AAE5E56FB35260AD52F25921592

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:j8NgC50un8fesnwqZhEcH30TAEIP718Ri6oRKiUWtGov:juT8feHcX00EIRAi6oRKiUC

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 adobe-flash-player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.win-install.info/adobe-flash-player/download/.../google

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