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Click Yes

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application installer_ares_plus_english.exe by Click Yes has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from aresplus.com.
Publisher:
Click Yes  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fb59b82468139f4265aebcdf09112a05

SHA-1:
77119f2f33f87ad15b73e602f46dde80710fe42f

SHA-256:
76d3dc99857ebda86ec37ba5dfef416bcc101c474e4a7ce99842a612d771923e

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
12/24/2024 1:17:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3273

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.6
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BJ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14198

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.12.01.08

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.c
5600.6929

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.djogzg
0.28.6.63850

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ClickYes.BB
14.12.1.20

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
35224

File size:
566.1 KB (579,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Click Yes

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/5/2014 4:07:31 PM

Valid to:
10/22/2015 1:00:12 PM

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

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

Serial number:
112190C87C7B9BFB7AB9CC923A9EA0FD08B2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iZPuMuXfSIB/mH2dQRd+tcIYPlt4q1XUacauZASD8cpI3bmO:ivuXqMV4dd7Kq1XUaJXSJpQX

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 installer_ares_plus_english.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://aresplus.com/.../AresPlus_ML.exe

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