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windows 8 activator.exe

The application windows 8 activator.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 30 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from 8activator.com.
MD5:
270fa94cb69b42100589343aec54d995

SHA-1:
6f214f904be572a210948d53de5c9069164f58bc

SHA-256:
93e11c8e42441192d6a5ef3166e7a9f76081a8b7c5a5508337365a71216f446b

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 11:00:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.F
554

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150731

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3032

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Amonetize
4.0.3.15731

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.F
1.0.20.1060

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.OutBrowse-4
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.OutBrowse.~A
22075

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1770
9.0.1.0212

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BA potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11607

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Amonetize
7/31/2015

F-Prot
W32/OutBrowse.A
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
11.2015-31-07_6

G Data
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.7.25

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.203.15858

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
14.0.0.1654

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.07.31.06

McAfee
Artemis!270FA94CB69B
5600.6688

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.F
16.0.0.636

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.cvyscp
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.07.31.06

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.932
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Downloader.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)
7.15.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Adware!6.17D8
23.00.65.15729

Sophos
OutBrowse
4.98

Total Defense
Heur/Adware.ZAGS!suspicious
37.1.62.1

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.03D214
7.2.212

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.03D214
10.465.31

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
40134

File size:
2.8 MB (2,947,931 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/22/2013 3:00:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:2thuCwoJMDHW6o+8i6acYps9weGmbtVXU4lQiHN/LZoxHNOkJsQQZmR5GzF/VJBd:Ghu7QQFuaczweGmhVzll9GxzKzL5

Entry address:
0x1085F

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 58, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 04, 89, 7D, FC, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 4D, 0C, C1, E9, 07, 66, 0F, EF, C0, EB, 08, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 66, 0F, 7F, 07, 66, 0F, 7F, 47, 10, 66, 0F, 7F, 47, 20, 66, 0F, 7F, 47, 30, 66, 0F, 7F, 47, 40, 66, 0F, 7F, 47, 50, 66, 0F, 7F, 47, 60, 66, 0F, 7F, 47, 70, 8D, BF, 80, 00, 00, 00, 49, 75, D0, 8B, 7D, FC, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 89, 7D, FC, 8B, 45, 08, 99, 8B, F8, 33, FA, 2B, FA, 83, E7, 0F, 33, FA, 2B, FA, 85, FF, 75, 3C, 8B...
 
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Code size:
98 KB (100,352 bytes)

The file windows 8 activator.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://8activator.com/go/?http://www.mediafire.com/download/.../Windows_8_Activator.exe&attempt=1&attempt=2

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