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 9 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.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0c82e3ff97fa20ea87dcb374e85f90ea

SHA-1:
6b0f7a9547922daffd87a4f97fad9e1c30ceaa2c

SHA-256:
8d260ed2a1a0324fb44a6e0e50dc615f11cb41b082e359291ec75d18c8ef80d9

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/19/2024 10:05:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Malware-gen
141119-1

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CGY
2014.0.4189

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.6
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BJ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
11/26/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2014.11.26.07

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.c
5600.6934

Reason Heuristics
PUP.StartNow.M
14.11.26.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35088

File size:
577.1 KB (590,920 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:

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:BaOQRgUSHZdffQA6vDTVlio8xd+Hd6rL1mYiQAT8q3yu7cr1Af5xTG:BaOQRgh5hfQA6vllio8xd+Hd6VmYDATC

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:
7.9691

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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