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google-chrome.exe

Start Playing

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 Start Playing has been detected as adware by 16 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Start Playing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ed04161cd48f5f5fe3174b3e1d8751bb

SHA-1:
684d6f47e407e1063b9c023ac38ec5a8afc23517

SHA-256:
f8b539402bbf924b5503aefa61b9b924eb951aebdbe0230467a0082e4c2d1900

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
12/26/2024 6:14:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.03.07

avast!
OutBrowse-BZ [PUP]
2014.9-150306

AVG
OutBrowse
2016.0.3178

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.58
9.0.1.065

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/OutBrowse.O (exact, not disinfectable)
v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Buzy.298
5.13.68

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of skype.exe.exe (Adware)
2015.6.13.5

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15320

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.03.06.12

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.e
5600.6834

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dorbni
0.30.8.659

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.3.6.12

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.4975FADD
7.2.164

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
38552

File size:
610.3 KB (624,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Start Playing

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/14/2015 3:43:40 AM

Valid to:
10/22/2015 9:57:40 AM

Subject:
CN=Start Playing, O=Start Playing, L=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112148ECE298BAB6D0ECDE90587F415A4159

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:xu2ICPG8KZB7nEvPePqduw2OcQ5BeQu20UMgbXDd+4NLN6J+6amFCmXl:xu2ICPLKP7nEv2w2OT5BzvXMT4NLN6Jx

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:
7.9474

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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