mhche.exe

SAFe DownlOad Gtl

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application mhche.exe by SAFe DownlOad Gtl 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.0140h.info.
Publisher:
XJLAD  (signed by SAFe DownlOad Gtl)

Product:
XJLAD

Version:
741.151121.1374.9162

MD5:
1dfdcc8ca2c8b78ecb61eee3f68f54bd

SHA-1:
9b29e9e039ca2c754f54bcfa09792f3d36ce71aa

SHA-256:
42ee920a93439b656f0412ab0c1f87be85111f42e0c789ab3ea75027e77b3c9f

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:
2/24/2025 11:57:18 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.SAFeDown.Bundler (M)
16.4.17.11

File size:
346.6 KB (354,880 bytes)

Product version:
741.151121.1374.9162

Copyright:
XJLAD

Trademarks:
XJLAD

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\mhche.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/10/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SAFe DownlOad Gtl, O=SAFe DownlOad Gtl, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
4D753B2AA88378503DFD6C737E4D9BB1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:eFJ0R0xRibS3AXMtvZIzgN/4MpQ0WmQ1aufnwihBhZUQIGyoqM6B2n+f:j03pAIIzgN/1pQxf1aufT/MQM4c

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

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