google_chrome.exe

Bon don jov

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 Bon don jov 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:
Bon don jov  (signed and verified)

MD5:
956bf6ee906e89c52e152286ab751902

SHA-1:
2270985ecc2baa7d5f3a1197e783389624b81258

SHA-256:
40952fc194a4da7f8a9dd0a780f24dbc6a2fcf7b82283f525ff3c142a9d81820

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:
11/23/2024 10:14:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.10.11.3

File size:
574.4 KB (588,224 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:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/14/2015 7:00:00 PM

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

Subject:
CN=Bon don jov, O=Bon don jov, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
6EE7A49BDBDBF01105D7436A2AED9141

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:X1sXA/fopD2CjLtkXZtUNIGE4XN+sJZdOFOmZzRE/pvbE0GDTQCqj/qYpYz2qC:X15/gpDzHKptU6GlBdlmVREdbnGDTctt

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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