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spybot.exe

OUTBROWSE

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application spybot.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs. With this installer, users are expecting to download Spybot - Search & Destroy but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2c5e88de09bf4c7362d640e03b35ac8f

SHA-1:
a005919a48fa7fdde7f7e0c76626714b98da5dfd

SHA-256:
817934c410f32cb243349aa44c62eebbbb5634a38fd361c6f7049d0633ed59e8

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
11/27/2024 9:51:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3352

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0257

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AQ
8.10569

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of ph7avkec.exe.part (Adware)
2014.11.10.12

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13690

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3255

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.14.12

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.a
5600.7008

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.deioif
0.28.2.62671

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.578752
14.10.15.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OUTBROWSE.G
14.9.14.0

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
33706

File size:
565.2 KB (578,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE, O=OUTBROWSE, STREET=Bialik Number: 143, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252337, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A5F03C3A375C11FD6C1C160EE8BFF923

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:GeoY9tBiOEiqOkLnp/mxFDZI3baXnK9mUPUAtAp21:GeoYhibiVk1Cq2a9HUA

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:
7.9769

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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