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microsoft-security-essentials.exe

Safe Store BTW

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application microsoft-security-essentials.exe by Safe Store BTW 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.
Publisher:
Safe Store BTW  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5cbe4acc48fe3b9075788d7849ccfcd3

SHA-1:
7a32eb39b173fcbca6b785ea689ef6eae5991f30

SHA-256:
2c14f058a1038287fb10ad9cd69b772651eaf0dd43aad037808fc3e87e7a88bb

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 8:21:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.SafeStoreBTW.Bundler (M)
16.3.6.13

File size:
92.3 KB (94,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft-security-essentials.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe Store BTW

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/17/2015 1:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=Safe Store BTW, O=Safe Store BTW, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
23EA08ED424BC202EC820FA1013BDB0F

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):
1536:BpgpHzb9dZVX9fHMvG0D3XJ8Y7NeYRNgKJ+BCyd6ekqIzjbanyUXZf2mGq6ZHiW:7gXdZt9P6D3XJ7eqgKJ+BCve5K2Om9EP

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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