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just Accept

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application free_download.exe by just Accept 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 download.soft-disc.com.
Publisher:
just Accept  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d968429936a6d7c7f84f40ee7707c692

SHA-1:
6a0d783cdd032944f554964ea24fdeccaf904e27

SHA-256:
a760bf6433bbdc7d094cb0349adde134428a859c79102d4e97318de3adc3cd41

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:
11/15/2024 1:19:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.8.12.9

File size:
611 KB (625,624 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
just Accept

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=just Accept, O=just Accept, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
58AFCFA6D9D4098DC60C665A3C486790

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):
12288:0qud5NbUVlEMuAxf7Tit8ZgQq4xtHusQhu7h5ixa0Ae9MMX5OLe5Em:0qy5NbULIAxTm8iQq4xtO7Y7PGmMX5LF

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:
7.9467

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://download.soft-disc.com/download/519/.../

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