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phx9272.exe

AOL Installer

OutBrowse Ltd

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application phx9272.exe by OutBrowse 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 the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
AOL  (signed by OutBrowse Ltd)

Product:
AOL Installer

Version:
1.0

MD5:
f1aab85277a0c6bc32ddd2278b8a90f4

SHA-1:
3d081b18469bea171a84d68f1dca2dd26945248d

SHA-256:
53bfa792659704b0dc6078cca6a8726b61b9337883e137700be3ae12e92a8598

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:
12/25/2024 4:45:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.AOL.Bundler (M)
16.6.28.19

File size:
4.4 MB (4,643,496 bytes)

Copyright:
© AOL

Trademarks:
AOL

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\phx9272.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OutBrowse Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2012 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/11/2013 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OutBrowse Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=OutBrowse Ltd, L=Ramat Gan, S=Merkaz, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
51AC0634BE5BEE7A290676D4A583D04A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 2:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:QDaw5bXuWb9kEBPLZ2arVRcwXZ2a9q1HU4paMUlezYA/:9UbamP/x2a0t+MUlA/

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:
7.9986

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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