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ClICk YeS

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 YeS 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:
ClICk YeS  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
5c78eef361e6ab7ea4e7625e88bf0a02

SHA-1:
8f304e86d7125441bfd6dd8ab32fbae0c7aefc19

SHA-256:
872c3d8456a97737384d3d42448db44489f8108d399063b466877f25faf4e614

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:
12/25/2024 4:56:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.8.31.20

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,560 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Feb28-105655-9ae1d1f2-43c7-4160-a28e-5acf52d476a6.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClICk YeS

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/26/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ClICk YeS, O=ClICk YeS, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
36D341C5DDDC360062ABB683C60335D0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/28/2015 5:56:55 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gbSaE4mvt/NEfFwcbMq7lj4I8poyC6dhf6eD:gbSv4mv7E9Hgq7RwpoyC0fnD

Entry address:
0x75F3E

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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