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installation.exe

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 installation.exe by Start Now has been detected as adware by 24 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 get.down2208tech.info.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4ee970064624d04426c03aaafa743613

SHA-1:
58c4591c08a5c9d3667a90f8d7783a0d9a1beead

SHA-256:
5c207f68876c065c274ccc5e21e319af848f1582bbc317b4269619b2dcc19540

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
5/9/2024 9:23:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.1
5633907

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.04.15

avast!
OutBrowse-AX [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3139

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.1
1.0.20.525

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.HY
21770

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.6
9.0.1.0105

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BJ potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
4/15/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-15-04_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup(4).exe (Adware)
2015.7.16.21

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15594

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.04.15.03

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.c
5600.6795

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.1
16.0.0.315

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.djogzg
0.30.16.1110

Quick Heal
Adware.NSIS.OutBrowse.A
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Outbrowse.Bundler
15.4.15.3

Sophos
Generic PUA OF
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
35152

File size:
575.5 KB (589,264 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Start Now

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
10/29/2014 11:30:53 AM

Valid to:
10/29/2015 11:30:53 AM

Subject:
CN=Start Now, O=Start Now, L=DUBLIN, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043DD86B3DF8A0

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):
12288:8f7pPZ2C6SWBKBlky0nzloZzMbXD9C8Jx/GgHbnKmnstomljB:8dRqCQlBK4bXRF/fnlstp

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:
7.9687

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://get.down2208tech.info/.../get4?p=7302&d=1775&l=1694&n=0&d1=15609&clickid=1684244928

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