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audacity_setup.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 audacity_setup.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 20 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.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4f01ffecf13dc7c3ff13ccf113ad3f24

SHA-1:
dd36304b0b305289e31728ad3455568734cfb01c

SHA-256:
c589b79a32dc76c183865076737ad6304d19c13b6ea419f9fb150bfd10b70072

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/26/2024 6:03:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

avast!
OutBrowse-G [PUP]
150319-0

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3147

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.HY
21673

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.096

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AH potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Outbrowse.B2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.OutBrowse
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of serial.txt.exe (Adware)
2015.7.10.6

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13054

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.2230

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.04.06.10

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.6803

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downware.dehadt
0.30.10.952

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.4.6.18

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.D75A4FB1
7.2.191

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
32210

File size:
621.6 KB (636,504 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 6:59:59 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 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:MwM6bLG9PjPyLmjjdcSv1+CWqW54wLx8HanJqfc8vy4h:Ma3SjPJHd9dzWXTLmUJH86

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:
7.9806

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://dl.app2desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get?p=1955&d=4029&l=3819&n=1&productname=audacity&d1=73817&d2=61&filename=Audacity_Setup&exeurl=http://audacity.googlecode.com/files/audacity-win-2.0.3.exe&dynamicname=Audacity_for_PC&tyurl=http://www.postdownload.net/.../redirect.php?id=l7eu8d2jcbiv2m54g6k6a51r41k7bi01e3u6n8gfrvafl5141t31-b5d4a256aa77662bd9c73a9345f86775&d=downloadinfo.co&p=Audacity&pid=3&countryid=265

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