installation.exe

Yes Apps

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 Yes Apps has been detected as adware by 4 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:
Yes Apps  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2d0575e989691537076d030ef352f7ce

SHA-1:
c556590e189314be87c234b31bed2ee96d7d46c8

SHA-256:
a9cc42536d90dc566484ad88f0284aa08669942679465edbc345f7c0fe2a88b9

Scanner detections:
4 / 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 1:41:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.YesApps.M
14.12.10.9

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse' (of type Adware)
5.08

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
35418

File size:
557.7 KB (571,064 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:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/19/2014 4:31:49 AM

Valid to:
11/20/2015 4:31:49 AM

Subject:
CN=Yes Apps, O=Yes Apps, L=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112172AA41CC838C994475C56326A04F3761

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:Pqo48od8X2d5/I4yCFVU15PNE3TZtFBFVzlzEBdTqI1QA39K:PmryX2d2sFgNoxRlzELPh0

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:
7.9672

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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