sims 4.exe

Salyutem Plyus LLC

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application sims 4.exe by Salyutem Plyus 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 b3xkpz5njeb4sc9.incomebox.ru.
Publisher:
Salyutem Plyus LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
362d93ec84e031c079e78ce500e13341

SHA-1:
4fcf884893a420a8e36fd9b52b9c8c4e342083e3

SHA-256:
b34db7936bdacb1f664bf71156f12a909d25d6dfef7dfd0b1a53dd90ba1a5e01

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:
1/16/2025 12:16:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.SalyutemPlyus.Bundler (M)
16.3.5.20

File size:
5.2 MB (5,485,488 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\sims 4.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/15/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/16/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Salyutem Plyus LLC, O=Salyutem Plyus LLC, L=Kharkiv, S=Arkansas, C=UA

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

Serial number:
6B6BB9E1A48F64F47503D8DCF6A5D0D3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:lY0+/Otm6v77cQAf8NJIuCxRUXnPvQ2SY2yI48lxTDXQCqk/o+e99OZE+trAPUnx:lr+/OEy77A0NuUX3Q2SYzySEG0rAPEfz

Entry address:
0xEBDCD0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, E4, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, 5B, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
4.4 MB (4,657,152 bytes)

The file sims 4.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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