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SearchProtect.exe

OutBrowse LTD

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application SearchProtect.exe by OutBrowse has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.download2desktop.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Search Protect  (signed by OutBrowse LTD)

Product:
Search Protect

Version:
1.0

MD5:
82f8bd922925829f463f2b8b709dcea9

SHA-1:
f41fb0c51a8cf2f790c087988b036b13e64f4671

SHA-256:
e0d461dfe8f07716a3e02bca37694be7c5baae9ce20714548c220acada944981

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
1/24/2025 5:42:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2014.0.3643

Boost by Reason
Trojan.Adw.OutBrowse.N
2013.8.29.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Conduit.A
v2013.11.26.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OutBrowse.N
14.8.7.17

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.94

File size:
126.2 KB (129,200 bytes)

Copyright:
© Search Protect

Trademarks:
Search Protect

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OutBrowse LTD

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/25/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2014 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OutBrowse LTD, O=OutBrowse LTD, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL, SERIALNUMBER=514686914, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=IL

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
06C1C2AE3E180ADDA27BBF2BD8EAC0E7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:EgXdZt9P6D3XJv0krsvgnnvwmXeS+EIaVC6jSUfQ1:Ee34N3rsvc5+sVSUfQ

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:
7.2407

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://cdn.download2desktop.com/Installer/.../SearchProtect.exe

http://cdn.ppdownload.com/Installer/.../SearchProtect.exe

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