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root genius.exe

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Safe iNSTAll OPt

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application root genius.exe by Safe iNSTAll OPt 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.0107online.info.
Publisher:
Safe iNSTAll OPt  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
2b4341bf141e85f164d1a94b268c64a6

SHA-1:
eada679a15b8b9a7a3594fef0afcfc13cf009c77

SHA-256:
00f14d20f593705170137e82d30a1045264b580abd4a33a12e9e5f8aefb41b80

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:
12/24/2024 5:03:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.10.8.12

File size:
1 MB (1,100,024 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr28-133043-a1378bdb-acdb-4efb-8aae-8a27b81cae95.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe iNSTAll OPt

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/26/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Safe iNSTAll OPt, O=Safe iNSTAll OPt, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
2DF16C3A0FC189CA4CB6454936B49D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/28/2015 4:30:43 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pMiy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhPsRFmFuB7tkcuM8932tciCDoZn9pft7tLN1MmZ7S:pbSaE4mvt/aRA2cuM+ypV9D1N9VDL50X

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5474

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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

http://get.0107online.info/.../1430227834/1430227834?41994635830Y2RrLTQ5bTgqMDI0JVs0Li8uLyojbDkxKyovKyNpNS4mYmhjXGpbamA1T29rcyI YWhmcGsjaV9uZTQuIHdkaDoy

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