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This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application malwarebytes anti-malware.exe by Start Playing has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.downserver5.com.
Publisher:
Start Playing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7ecc71cc4204832d16a1516345caf7b0

SHA-1:
fd94d64df18a75c39697d33ad6c2acc973f1d6f7

SHA-256:
4aa3819fa75a550c43e958197931c41261080b196a301be6bd5fb421e4d3cbfb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/2/2024 3:36:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.1.9.7

File size:
576 KB (589,816 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}\malwarebytes anti-malware.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Start Playing

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
12/8/2014 9:12:48 AM

Valid to:
12/8/2015 9:12:48 AM

Subject:
CN=Start Playing, O=Start Playing, L=DUBLIN, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4E956215A6BB61

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

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:
7.9707

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file malwarebytes anti-malware.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.downserver5.com/1422128359/DownloadManager/getalgk5?p=1955&d=1782&l=1701&n=1&productname=Malwarebytes Anti-Malware&d1=140148&d2=94&exeurl=http://data-cdn.mbamupdates.com/v2/mbam/consumer/data/mbam-setup-2.0.2.1012.exe&filename=Malwarebytes Anti-Malware&dynamicname=Malwarebytes Anti-Malware&tyurl=http://www.postdownload.net/.../redirect.php?id=3tkf6g4ufcsj67balqreajin7pt2f9r3cq8dgfln580ikatv9uh0-261d03b7a11e6e4ca0df936e566ba86a&d=downloadzone.org&p=Malwarebytes Anti-Malware&pid=3&bex=1&countryid=265

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