installation.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 installation.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 15 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.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
62115cef67397953b443a7d5e43ccdf7

SHA-1:
333fcf75f5d50854eed80c4d4fd2f91cc174fe82

SHA-256:
83670d3627573cb96f03c0a662ae52f04046416c48c366c1096fed87f28e0470

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
12/25/2024 8:04:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3353

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0255

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AQ
8.10555

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.8.16

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13662

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3260

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.13.12

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.a
5600.7009

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.deioif
0.28.2.62483

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.579288
14.10.12.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.M
14.9.12.22

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
33706

File size:
565.8 KB (579,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installation.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 6:59:59 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 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:U4waj40CnrtGdpxCpo3bQlX74v+BsoCIr+0w/0PzjyOIgDON199bnAM:U040ZxC+3MF4OsYr+kPymDMPnA

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:
7.9766

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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