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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 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. 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:
6c9ca90f4ab61f5ac9f5305ce4fff351

SHA-1:
708145af6759cfb12280b01e7a1bd978f89006f4

SHA-256:
f92b65a48b0b60e21ad891c777c2b7afcdea15e486de105536070c5a269d14c5

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:
12/25/2024 6:20:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STARtPLA.Bundler (M)
16.3.9.0

File size:
575.8 KB (589,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\google-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
STARt PLAYing

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/9/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=STARt PLAYing, O=STARt PLAYing, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
0D7996C66D43E6C0D51F6F76122FEF64

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/LU1BfavwnmG5Eo1j+5cB6FS3F7mK2ukycImxQ/uT4bigaSqcngASIeSTeui:/LU1tuOx5NjuF4SKdkyqxQWT4b6coICd

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:
7.9421

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://get.down1227group.info/1427666495/1427666495/get16?p=1955&d=3075&l=2937&n=1&productname=Googlechrome&d1=156141&d2=436&filename=Google-Chrome&tyurl=http://www.postdownload.net/.../redirect.php?id=ep2p92k41rqhfkv35eib9ov684jqanhhh9itr8bm262r7af3b3p1-f2a85cdfb543e0a7b4c74a3d1d177960&d=downloadzone.org&p=Google Chrome&pid=3&countryid=265&icon=1

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