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Just Accept

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application internet explorer.exe by Just Accept has been detected as adware by 11 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 Internet Explorer but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Just Accept  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c9d6cc860a5e21672b1e3620ae438716

SHA-1:
d3b1399409cd70ffc0815a6dc0a527e8ee5a64c8

SHA-256:
6e8c0564841f92e4a68a6e8304c762d0dbf8bf1b485ca447a2b5650bffd561e2

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
1/13/2025 3:56:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.201.154

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.54
9.0.1.0238

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BS potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of free-download-command-and-conquer-tiberium-alliances-hack-tool.exe (Adware)
2015.8.26.1

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14667

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
14.0.0.1525

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.08.26.01

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dmiaid
0.30.0.64448

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.JustAccept.Bundler (M)
15.7.24.17

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse Revenyou'
59

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4657539
36694

File size:
569.7 KB (583,360 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\internet explorer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Just Accept

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/11/2014 4:11:12 AM

Valid to:
11/12/2015 4:11:12 AM

Subject:
CN=Just Accept, O=Just Accept, L=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
112140B0F5C56686295F63DE0A97ABB5EC76

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:ev0ihH//2SFS5PXN6dYF8YedVdrV0Pl0eh:evvHXi5PQ7VdSl0

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:
7.9770

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file internet explorer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get1.0105box.info/1421005047/get6?p=414&d=24027&l=9338&n=1&productname=free-downloadss.com&d1=1&d2=1&d3=1&d4=1&d5=150128&exeurl=http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/A/2/.../IE11-Windows6.1.exe&dynamicname=Internet Explorer&filename=Internet Explorer

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