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windows-defender.exe

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StaRt NOw

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application windows-defender.exe by StaRt NOw 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.
Publisher:
StaRt NOw  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
4865fafb7863c6847d862c6ab261b54a

SHA-1:
dcba11d187f04ea7c1e56b3f0af0502152be2083

SHA-256:
044e7d8139624a60dde6c36807eb9a8595cab57249d89e964737c06fd5eb60e1

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:
11/23/2024 4:42:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.11.9.20

File size:
1.1 MB (1,174,792 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015May10-140846-5270b230-1db0-478d-9052-c59b7cd789ad.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows-defender.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
StaRt NOw

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=StaRt NOw, O=StaRt NOw, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
0B46D12DB8ED844C20D66BAC7DD45E81

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/10/2015 10:08:47 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+Miy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKh4sdgEJiH9igGjoH8V3ubm+Z6AinJXZNEaMkNKEQh:+bSaE4mvt/d9Ee9id0fNZInJXQxv

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5898

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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