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imbingchecker.exe

OutBrowse LTD

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application imbingchecker.exe by OutBrowse 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. This particular feature is designed to hijack the browser in an attempt to prevent other resources from modify the browser's search and home pages.
Publisher:
Search Protect  (signed by OutBrowse LTD)

Product:
Search Protect

Version:
1.0

MD5:
13c27c1219cff56b469db66829a52179

SHA-1:
b0968dda8f0ed41b52e2fe7b62db4fbe4d0e1f10

SHA-256:
e2bb3c39d0c087ee7f402ffa81710f04676485ea9ceeb0e8e101e208da957a7a

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:
11/26/2024 10:03:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.SearchProtect.Bundler (M)
16.2.20.11

File size:
95.9 KB (98,248 bytes)

Copyright:
© Search Protect

Trademarks:
Search Protect

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\imbingchecker.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OutBrowse LTD

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/25/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OutBrowse LTD, O=OutBrowse LTD, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL, SERIALNUMBER=514686914, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=IL

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
06C1C2AE3E180ADDA27BBF2BD8EAC0E7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:spgpHzb9dZVX9fHMvG0D3XJ+8Yn9KMkZN7Np5lfcb6mfLmMM4lVB:6gXdZt9P6D3XJrY8MiNT5lfiTftM0

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:
6.8844

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://cdn.download2desktop.com/Installer/.../IMBingChecker.exe

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