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itunes.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 itunes.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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Apple's iTunes but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
OutBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
96972b720493c8d15349a43fd30963cb

SHA-1:
d4efbc76041585fbf44c3196d46e6f58e5727353

SHA-256:
eb5a7d4bb71fdd2db59ed9b02df1b4f245fc43baffb923b84bac2f8d94a38700

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:25:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.OutBrowse
2015.0.3514

Bkav FE
W32.Clod2fa.Trojan
1.3.0.4677

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1664
9.0.1.094

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse (variant)
8.9300

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.175.10867

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
14.0.0.4065

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Smart
v2014.04.04.10

McAfee
Artemis!96972B720493
5600.7170

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.csowwk
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OutBrowse.G
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Generic PUA CN
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1123
7.2.94

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.OutBrowse
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
OutBrowse
25488

File size:
612 KB (626,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OutBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2013 2:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/24/2014 1:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OutBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=OutBrowse, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
56A6FE571611B68C9224798AD62913CA

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:lv4xDDauhLEVAkFsGrkAYlrAHPyYGEu6F3ePeosn8EB3bzo:lmFhEakeGozlCKPLWujE9bM

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:
7.9771

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file itunes.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://download.download-new.com/download.php?id=a90d326c253845c25a85ca38d14ee6d7841cbc87&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImR3IiwicnMiOiJnIiwicnQiOiJzIiwiYyI6InVzIiwibyI6IndpbjciLCJiIjoiY2gzMSIsInVfaWQiOiJkd181Mjk0MjI4MDNjZWFkNy4wNzQ1NTYyNi40Y2Y3ODkxMDM2OWRlZTFhZjZmNThjYzBmMDBmYjdjZCIsInBhX2lkIjoiOCIsInN0X2lkIjoiMCIsInNwX2lkIjoiMDAwMC0wMjUzIiwidHMiOjEzODU0Mzk4NzIsImt3IjoiaXR1bmVzIGRvd25sb2FkIiwiY3UiOiIiLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0=

http://download.download-new.com/download.php?id=a90d326c253845c25a85ca38d14ee6d7841cbc87&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImR3IiwicnMiOiJnIiwicnQiOiJzIiwiYyI6ImNhIiwibyI6IndpbjciLCJiIjoiY2gzMSIsInVfaWQiOiJkd181MjllMjA4ZDM2MWJlNy4yNDA2MzIzMy5lYmRjOGFkZTllMzYyNzJiYTkzNWM0YWQzMmRiMWYwNCIsInBhX2lkIjoiOCIsInN0X2lkIjoiMCIsInNwX2lkIjoiMDAwMC0wMjUzIiwidHMiOjEzODYwOTQ3MzMsImt3IjoiaXR1bmVzIiwiY3UiOiIiLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0

http://cdn.app2desktop.com/misc/.../iTunes.exe

http://download.download-new.com/download.php?id=a90d326c253845c25a85ca38d14ee6d7841cbc87&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImR3IiwicnMiOiJnIiwicnQiOiJzIiwiYyI6InVzIiwibyI6IndpbjciLCJiIjoiY2gzMSIsInVfaWQiOiJkd181Mjk5MzNjNGQ3ZmZmNi4zNzA3ODMwNi4wNjZiNmFjNmY5ZTg2NjhmNmJkZWZiNmI1YjUyMzk0MyIsInBhX2lkIjoiOCIsInN0X2lkIjoiMCIsInNwX2lkIjoiMDAwMC0wMjUzIiwidHMiOjEzODU3NzE5NzMsImt3IjoiaXR1bmVzIiwiY3UiOiIiLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0=

http://download.download-new.com/download.php?id=a90d326c253845c25a85ca38d14ee6d7841cbc87&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImR3IiwicnMiOiJnIiwicnQiOiJzIiwiYyI6ImF1IiwibyI6IndpbnhwIiwiYiI6ImNoMzEiLCJ1X2lkIjoiZHdfNTI5ODdkMjRjNTFmOTUuOTQxNzExOTkuM2I3NWY5NmZlMTRiNWJlODVlODIxMzU5MWY0ZDJkOGIiLCJwYV9pZCI6IjgiLCJzdF9pZCI6IjAiLCJzcF9pZCI6IjAwMDAtMDI1MyIsInRzIjoxMzg1NzI1MjIxLCJrdyI6Iml0dW5lcyIsImN1IjoiIiwiY2EiOm51bGx9

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