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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 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from nym1.ib.adnxs.com.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9ae61d2d6e6d0452e176ca1797a5ccfb

SHA-1:
d208601723dab97c9a674e2f574b294e7fee72ee

SHA-256:
222e3a00f85c7042cda1d25c5ab63264245e8c277f1b0a80100eb79d5be96f96

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:
4/26/2024 2:39:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.StartNow.Bundler (M)
16.1.29.14

File size:
558.1 KB (571,520 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 1:30:53 PM

Valid to:
10/29/2015 1:30:53 PM

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 8:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:s4YtL+mU3eK6qYCf3cs80AuovcpHTEbS3afjNjII6:slymcYC/B80Au0APs+z

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://nym1.ib.adnxs.com/click?AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPA_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAF-n0FP73z1yPaUnPNrYA1RC_n5UAAAAAKw3PAByBwAAIQkAAAIAAACB3VwBikEIAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEAKAAWALezgAARc8AAgUCAQIAAJgAyxXRFgAAAAA./cnd=!KQZmPAij0fkCEIG78woYioMhIAI./referrer=http://www.lnksdata0.com/clickenc=http://clickus.genorithm.com/st?cipid=377080&ttype=1&crid=3023908&dast=YnJzcj0zODcxJmJvPTEmc2xpZD0wJnN1YmlkPTEwMDgmc289MSZjaWNtcD00ODk2OTgmcHViaWQ9OTcwMCZjdTQ9MCZjaXBpZD0zNzcwODAmY2lzaWQ9OUQ5RjlDOUZCNzI5MDU4NTUyMzk2MzE4MiZjaXJpZD05RDlGOUM5RkI3MjkwNTg2Mjk0Njg5NjgwJmNpdWlkPTU3NTM4OTE1NTQ2NDI1MzUzODcmY3JpZD0zMDIzOTA4JmV4Y2lkPTIyJm1tdD0tMSZvc2lkPTUzMyZjbnRyeT0yOQ==&cmcv=${CMCV}&tgtf=http://get.default-page.com/.../Get?p=2002&d=24601&l=1694&n=0&d1=NUMBER&clickid=nym1CL3KnuGjm_aBVBACGN_Owp61__eeciINMTc3Ljk2LjEyNS42NygBMML8-6MF

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