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This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application remove wat.exe by Click To Start has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.file4desktop.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Click To Start  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bebae2590889e57306cdf6d766ee513b

SHA-1:
7edec9808a1a8ea9129348b618a7e090a5183bfa

SHA-256:
850b4afc2d72c84761a6670995d20e907f11d53787dcb2bf9f0dfbeafa43a07e

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/6/2025 11:22:39 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.V
6156172

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.12.17

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.196.48

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3258

Bitdefender
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.V
1.0.20.1750

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.51
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.V
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
5.13.68

G Data
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14354

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.12.16.05

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.V
15.0.0.1050

Norman
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.V
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ClickToStart.K
14.12.16.17

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

File size:
564.6 KB (578,192 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Click To Start

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/5/2014 12:30:02 PM

Valid to:
12/6/2015 12:30:02 PM

Subject:
CN=Click To Start, O=Click To Start, L=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121A4ADB181C788DD5B27571502842584B8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 1:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NJOx8NsfGVdNXIeV4pBRlz7DdsPDCIlTEE5+++4OK:Ng8NlVHXIeV4TzmDr5++t

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:
7.9729

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file remove wat.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://get.file4desktop.com/.../get12?p=6207&d=8298&l=7799&n=1&filename=Remove WAT

http://get.file14desktop.com/.../Get?p=6207&d=8298&l=7799&n=1&filename=Remove WAT

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