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media player.exe

staRT noW

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application media player.exe by staRT noW 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.down4desk.com.
Publisher:
TTSAQ  (signed by staRT noW)

Product:
TTSAQ

Version:
6774.15526.796.5695

MD5:
ea8e453aa57526ebbe345c15347c64d7

SHA-1:
b08caf38e393dd32d1b543469a4c0f20fa7a826b

SHA-256:
15ddc1e90c926eddbfd1ed6b7b8e0aa57412d37ec9cc62999fee8634f17d906d

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 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:
12/24/2024 5:13:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.2.2.15

File size:
635.4 KB (650,672 bytes)

Product version:
6774.15526.796.5695

Copyright:
TTSAQ

Trademarks:
TTSAQ

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
staRT noW

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=staRT noW, O=staRT noW, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7366E562FB25003E03E4582E9B8F157F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:52:12 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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9716

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file media player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.down4desk.com/.../1432662156/1432662156?35066385315ZGB0Ky88aDgxMzI0IWQ3LDQwMC8lZzotNyoyMx5pOjAhY2RsX2heZWA6TGBhZGElSmlZdGJxIWZeb2g3Lh51Zm84LQ

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