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updates_google_chrome.exe

BON DON JOV

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application updates_google_chrome.exe by BON DON JOV has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.freesoftwaren.com.
Publisher:
BON DON JOV  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b2259d583ff016828512c2ac4b02d1f2

SHA-1:
98d25d2c0c0714c7b824266f75adecf8f16138e9

SHA-256:
bbe3b93a137490c23b8a7d40ff8e57099b40530d44c8f979aa9f1a0e234869f4

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
12/25/2024 2:58:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.201.124

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3229

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BS potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.01.14.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BONDONJOV.V
15.1.14.21

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse Revenyou'
5.09

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.D88B743E
7.2.14

File size:
574.4 KB (588,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BON DON JOV

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/8/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BON DON JOV, O=BON DON JOV, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
2FA767737DADE1D60ADE8683896AD37C

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:QKZOE3aqN2fKDZiBCKOTfclYj8eLla0NAH85lZ9af1EjqvL:QKZOEKqAfKNigKOTfWYjtla0Ni85ljnA

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:
7.9672

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://www.freesoftwaren.com/.../download.php?id=54b6d6d1a8837&i=250027&d=3

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