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skype.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 skype.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 www.ifreeupdates.com.
Publisher:
Salyutem Plyus LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c16dd77288156676a1cb1bd4e4f08db9

SHA-1:
eaf67ffb4df9a2e45c0661f8c4c776cd34ce4612

SHA-256:
f7746316c338e2ca643130d72b60d56aa11138849c655263078e2addec03d0be

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:
11/2/2024 5:31:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.7.31.6

File size:
574.3 KB (588,120 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Salyutem Plyus LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/14/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/15/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ackePEwHLfq6AnvbHCtQDDZRj9gEoug4sBQZXyq33xSYIXQOqJ:ac4M/AvbHCtsxgIgkCqZvd

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:
7.9742

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://www.ifreeupdates.com/.../download.php?id=549f8e2657ffa&i=150302

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