microsoft toolkit 2.5.3.exe

Setup

Give Away software

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 toolkit 2.5.3.exe by Give Away software 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:
Give Away software  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
714f56e67a10601f9a56e03e2ea3d531

SHA-1:
b8316facfd80269e48263ad81df64ee54f089f9a

SHA-256:
4453b7f280be65f6fc6e2ffa89453a62380ba6488367a1f06fa5a0c448c68194

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:
11/23/2024 10:25:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.9.22.10

File size:
1.1 MB (1,147,336 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar08-124903-98f924d6-064e-40d9-b2f7-5bec44b00d90.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft toolkit 2.5.3.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/23/2015 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Give Away software, O=Give Away software, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
20E8B4E900A4BBD48A3B3847A1E472A4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/8/2015 5:49:03 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ebSaE4mvt/iqx5iP8ZxJO9NGCFwqfNM+Le+Np0ZnA8:ebSv4mvUo5iPi+u0bNM+jNqZ

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5749

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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