adobe_reader.exe

great apps tLd

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_reader.exe by great apps tLd has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
great apps tLd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ac33ba9690d30442d2c4b3b9e25ce5a9

SHA-1:
d9c1759de5b4e66f9165b001c2d94cd971e2c45c

SHA-256:
61fd212d397a704e4b6d40ce3e6c92417983869ae8c048f77ece34abcc0ce97a

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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 6:03:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13126842
5648785

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.04.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3135

Bitdefender
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13126842
1.0.20.540

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.288
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13126842
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
4/18/2015

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

F-Secure
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13126842
5.13.68

G Data
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13126842
15.4.25

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15640

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.04.18.04

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.e
5600.6791

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13126842
16.0.0.324

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dpynkl
0.30.16.1110

Quick Heal
Adware.NSIS.OutBrowse.A
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Outbrowse.Bundler
15.4.18.12

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.870759A4
7.2.108

Trend Micro
TROJ_GE.870759A4
10.465.18

Vba32 AntiVirus
Adware.Outbrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38882

File size:
576.5 KB (590,344 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_reader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/7/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=great apps tLd, O=great apps tLd, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
13046544502E4EAC8007F64AEAFAE5C4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 3:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1k8Brqb1P7+NpoCsIE70VeJY1Lf/EuttaU7xIWULPvs93eSB+cxTDA7K:1k8Brq97c6Cy7xJYz867xIWUzva3Lp

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:
7.9427

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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