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samsung kies.exe

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 samsung kies.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.file16desktop.com.
Publisher:
Click Yes  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dbb8812be295c0c94654f299d469255b

SHA-1:
d478d9f4ca4f73d1ed9d0495e9c2230adce77bce

SHA-256:
a089ea120ecf291f96fc412b6a43bf75cf6d9c280a90e77e3239500a860bc648

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 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:
12/25/2024 8:10:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.ClickYes.Bundler (M)
16.1.12.7

File size:
564.2 KB (577,736 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\samsung kies.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Click Yes

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/21/2014 1:00:12 PM

Valid to:
10/22/2015 1:00:12 PM

Subject:
CN=Click Yes, O=Click Yes, L=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112179D435052EEAF0AF4A60C93CF0595346

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:OASABI9eWG49xrLTZ906aKDOTAbIrc4J+fnDyvTkjd:Ovj4/4LnnRqTUIrKOgZ

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://get.file16desktop.com/1414940650/Get?p=301&d=3746&l=3578&n=1&vm=0&exeurl=http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201306/.../KiesSetup.exe&dynamicname=Samsung Kies&filename=Samsung Kies&d1=15893

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