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Global Apps Roi

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application picasa.exe by Global Apps Roi has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs.
Publisher:
Global Apps Roi  (signed and verified)

MD5:
687f2a1adf67bc272f5ae317e47e4415

SHA-1:
b0d5961f71c86a05d9396572c7bb9a24ca989b92

SHA-256:
bb6c02db370aebd8cec82be35849dce6ee57e7c01120ec432e92fa735d49daad

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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 4:33:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

avast!
OutBrowse-HN [PUP]
150303-0

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.OutBrowse.125
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/OutBrowse
3/7/2015

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.03.07.06

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.e
5600.6833

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dorbni
0.30.0.296

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.3.18.1

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse Revenyou'
5.11

File size:
610.6 KB (625,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Global Apps Roi

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Global Apps Roi, O=Global Apps Roi, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
641A3738218F34DE2BD077D1F32D4923

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:laP7fnkrtO39bUEif/Scz02Asx2ugydUfGWRNna1OQKrQwj:laP7fkJO3eExMHAsx8WOQJg

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:
7.9473

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://dl.downloadnet.org/download/669/.../

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