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StArt PLAYing

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 PLAYing has been detected as adware by 14 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 get1.blue1227.info.
Publisher:
StArt PLAYing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0c097e2dd80f24ee9bbc5030cf649bcb

SHA-1:
9bbd7d91906c12982ba2cf0d7ae73603acc05843

SHA-256:
85e323ef90ba18197d7c7da6d6f01962322cbc86b5c750e6b919dffcb1576865

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/17/2024 1:41:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.207.212

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.DIN
2014.0.4257

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.HY
20981

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.81
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
2/6/2015

K7 AntiVirus
DoS-Trojan
13.193.14885

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse.gen
v2015.02.06.05

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.e
5600.6863

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dnkyzt
0.30.0.65070

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse
15.2.6.5

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.B3BC0FA9
7.2.37

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
37240

File size:
582 KB (595,976 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 PLAYing

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=StArt PLAYing, O=StArt PLAYing, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
417B8EC90F7007D53083C77BAF61A1D4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VFXCeqPytIAy3lpZx3TKtwkFNYUPNl1UIlNl3VJlCfA8DjY/XrB:VFXR7+Ai5UXFNYAOITl3dCfvO

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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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://get1.blue1227.info/.../get16?p=13073&d=18563&l=3325&n=0&d1=NUMBER&clickid=wZ10eljchS

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