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install-flashplayer.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 install-flashplayer.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 20 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 the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
56c98e2743f989ab37a128a8e9ee1c58

SHA-1:
de5161943e079b1ba3262b0d15d8edcddc382853

SHA-256:
7550addc8f4a0e665a9f26d779bdaaea02d7a4b2f5175476eed2cca8821f1506

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
11/30/2024 10:32:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.12.01

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/OutBrowse.lwasp
7.11.189.158

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3337

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.6169
9.0.1.0271

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AD potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
9/28/2014

F-Prot
W32/Outbrowse.B2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.10.3

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14191

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3181

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.28.05

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.6993

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.ddvyee
0.28.6.63726

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.567000
14.09.28.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.T
14.9.28.17

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Hoax.PornoAsset
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
35224

File size:
553.7 KB (567,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\install-flashplayer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 8:59:59 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 7:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ZfLUnYdbT2wW+c1fFbftgCin2JI6J8bc1YT/AAUHnNimP8p:ZfLUnY03lgd2J0bqAUP8

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file install-flashplayer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://get.down1oad4desktop.com/.../Get?p=3022&d=3509&l=1694&n=0&d1=1&filename=install-flashplayer&clickid=Z0dXVpZD1lMjhjNmQ5MS04Nzk0LTQ0ZmYtOGNmYi1lYzJiNDI4ODg0YjI

http://get.default-page.com/.../Get?p=3022&d=3509&l=1694&n=0&d1=1&filename=install-flashplayer&clickid=Z0dXVpZD1lMjhjNmQ5MS04Nzk0LTQ0ZmYtOGNmYi1lYzJiNDI4ODg0YjI

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