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google chrome.exe

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apps market aBC

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application google chrome.exe by apps market aBC has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
apps market aBC  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
392c6ceaaebd235765fd2144767ca0a4

SHA-1:
3ff1bfe4ebb24dd720d0e497f1d6edd5bc22e05c

SHA-256:
e36146baa434359946ef81321e99d82840e2fe10fea41d9493d8f746c876e397

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
12/24/2024 5:00:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.03.28

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
150319-0

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.165
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
NSIS.Application.OutBrowse.AC
15.3.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.8.9.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.03.27.11

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.e
16.8.708.2

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dorbni
0.30.8.659

Quick Heal
Adware.NSIS.OutBrowse.A
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.3.27.23

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.F74F378A
7.2.86

File size:
1.1 MB (1,160,472 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar21-095813-4eb616b7-5933-4de6-9898-8a4488dd3abd.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
apps market aBC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/18/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=apps market aBC, O=apps market aBC, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
7466A0328D1A9FA1FFF48CB6755D5292

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/21/2015 4:58:14 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5Miy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhIsZN8FniTRw3ubgYw5H2gqT0DyTid5xM82kHXUsi:5bSaE4mvt/hOa7NdGrebokHdBH9eXhrf

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5815

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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

http://get.0121d.info/.../1426931891/1426931891?26683304903ZV9uLTM8cDkoNTI3LSBcOi8xLyszI2o3LCgxMDEiZT0uJGpsZ2FyY3BlYWpjN01dcXJwIlx4YnNsZjVlcXRsHDNeIyxgHS9jd3NuLmFtcWhtaWxhYCVjbGsfLF5kbG9jY2UqYWJsZ2piJS5dQ2VwaWddUGJ0cWcuYnZfIFx2a2FpYGNrX2dfNURsb2NjZShBYmxnamImYmBsYmxbZ106RG9rXmxiKT1iamxqZSJgY2xsNy8ed2ZwOSkmYGo3YV1xMTc

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