installation.exe

Best App

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 Best App has been detected as adware by 7 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:
Best App  (signed and verified)

MD5:
85a50d1ac2b1d1ceda759edc7462bdae

SHA-1:
ff444d541671264d2ecbe1b564e96a1c89efb9fb

SHA-256:
dd316c1091d94cdd80f7030c5b737eada334ec848859a245f6ce07988eb041c6

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 11:36:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.12.17

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.196.80

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3258

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.188.14354

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.12.17.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BestApp.M
15.1.4.13

File size:
566.1 KB (579,656 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:
12/5/2014 4:37:04 AM

Valid to:
12/6/2015 4:37:04 AM

Subject:
CN=Best App, O=Best App, L=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
11215B01F9256F0A054A3A5BFF4B3A8312B6

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:DLiscOInUHu7GVj1xuVyE/jDtW1Rpw4tbtrcnBG4YseigJ3P6++4OY:DGUOb1vtW1wub1cnRYseiZ+r

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:
7.9732

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file installation.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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