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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 java.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 13 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 the free Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d68bc50155bde9b061a47e7e174c4707

SHA-1:
63262fc95699d79742323dc06a415e9df845e5fb

SHA-256:
acdb893a47ef1eb4bf4361162aea5af1c1605aa1c5ed6a169fb178faa46066d3

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
1/15/2025 1:10:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3384

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0225

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AE
8.10240

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.10.24.2

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13014

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3414

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.08.13.02

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!A35C03B1C498
5600.7040

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.E
14.8.13.2

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.57482F4A
7.2.225

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
31208

File size:
620.6 KB (635,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE, O=OUTBROWSE, STREET=Bialik Number: 143, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252337, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A5F03C3A375C11FD6C1C160EE8BFF923

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:qTpX0clFdNeED/dxR6VXluJQqYU1g5w5Thk/H5ihf8F/fc8vy4h0:qVEcLdZD/908JrKw5T2cmM86

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)

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