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adobe flash.exe

VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb

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.exe by VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb 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 dl.downloadnet.org.
Publisher:
VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb  (signed and verified)

MD5:
faa8c4ea4fb506bbe1abad24961230a6

SHA-1:
513cbdc163e2cec5e9c6720af04fd1534fdb111b

SHA-256:
e925fc7231edd80f2b81d121dca6c04363bd069f32c5a6a2b07a3f074d4726ec

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:34:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.9.8.2

File size:
575.9 KB (589,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/11/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb, O=VERIFIED SOFTWARE snb, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
7AF1676F5AA70E4C13D24B9BD216BBB5

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:65U10p+KozIO0vYh3hp+aMv010JZ/AloOgflDncZVQc5H6Oo:65xp+lzp0kMzsKYlMWLQcF9o

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:
7.9422

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file adobe flash.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.downloadnet.org/download/283/.../

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