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skype.exe.exe

Safe Download Gtl

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.exe by Safe Download Gtl 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 download.downloadsable.com.
Publisher:
Safe Download Gtl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
246a71fa3b7c8352421ab4bb94b77f99

SHA-1:
321f6a8d4054e72cf952972037e0b5259c6af216

SHA-256:
8093b0e3e22a4e35239501b8a41caa410a3f2a598adb048a347d5c2eeb1a3ecf

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:
12/24/2024 5:36:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.SafeDownloadGtl.Bundler (M)
16.3.8.14

File size:
597.7 KB (612,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe Download Gtl

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Download Gtl, O=Safe Download Gtl, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
3CB6DF080CD583AA42E01F64DEBD3C29

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):
12288:cDrcIFBBuJ8Phz0u9IMA71gpEIrUZmmws5lKXX0pbgpkJvV:cDrFfIuPhguin72rImm/Uegp4N

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:
7.9455

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://download.downloadsable.com/download/340/.../

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