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google_chrome.exe

OUTBROWSE

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 OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 14 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:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
75ecee234c32a8d40df445a1180cca15

SHA-1:
9c76b24fa74f143dbd8d63f06b555fca11347a87

SHA-256:
c911ad0c6d948501c4a83a1bd94aff21ae63669425845cad144cd00f7e277d31

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
11/23/2024 10:29:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.07.29

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.164.82

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3399

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0209

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AC
8.10166

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.9.9.19

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12872

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3491

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.07.28.07

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7055

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.N
14.8.7.20

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
OutBrowse
31696

File size:
553.7 KB (567,024 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:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE, O=OUTBROWSE, STREET=Bialik Number: 143, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252337, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A5F03C3A375C11FD6C1C160EE8BFF923

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:gpUnYdbT2wW+c1fFbftgCin2JI6J8bc1YT/AAUHnOikKWF:gpUnY03lgd2J0bqAUsKW

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:
7.9763

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://www.iifreedownload.com/.../download.php?id=53d6cb08abf2c&i=150016

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