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akt.exe

SARKARA-GRUP LLC

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application akt.exe by SARKARA-GRUP 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.
Publisher:
SARKARA-GRUP LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
0aee4ef58a7166a892d5f6b386a8b1be

SHA-1:
3194d3049c5d9c3697372186e2d914090ff55fa1

SHA-256:
6a966d64a79544adb1ffb30213ccc6d77c492ed738175166d2de051ebd8360a0

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:
12/25/2024 6:41:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.9.26.9

File size:
5.1 MB (5,385,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SARKARA-GRUP LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/2/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/3/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SARKARA-GRUP LLC, O=SARKARA-GRUP LLC, L=Kyiv, S=Kyiv, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
796A7EBB47570CA680BE9B9D828F2CC4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:fc0pnjK+FKU3eBsokkWwDwjvSSCP+7MxYRQRu5i2U3Go5vo5bxT8liMZ13CBkgQE:tjKJaBokqDFSv7Mxvu5i2uGo5vYbxrMe

Entry address:
0x751AE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 6F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, D0, FF, C7, 87, A4, 10, 37, 00, 90, 1F, 40, DE, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
4.3 MB (4,546,560 bytes)

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