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installation.exe

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 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 rhtag.com.
Publisher:
Start Playing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f6e5f025936548a175e64076cb3c365c

SHA-1:
f931de8e2363b173edf56662bc132723c50be71a

SHA-256:
f4631c95e908b363c41ac173ecdceff22409a3f113ec81e6ff28fcb9d41df122

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 1:05:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.7.31.21

File size:
581.1 KB (595,080 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:
12/11/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 7:59:59 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:
21C5B5952499A0186B18B4079B5188B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 6:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:g8F01gD5/yng8rAFC+pwto6ZpF0zcw2Rku19QM5iiABwmMGxm:gqsOogKAAmyB8zV2qrOX23M/

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:
7.9740

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://rhtag.com/adServe/adClick?ai=08zHTxdapFVfP1gUl40WU8bIr5jableYlBRXO I1CSeWpJgmfF3d5Ga8wenLYHety5zVRao8tCF7 YhL6XJOJze0BzhPBe/EiYa3qQvnObIu3/LudreVuLs0HEiGpdELiSJxA7N9SurwUcWXCKk3pJeTu L3X5WWgh1gfyyOExZs2cXYQ3FcmRaPY YSy6fHkG6z2eweOiB576 J7z7Cr0DQ70sCjuHHHR/W2Z 43WfojT2e0Mm89jVye E/.../12mUjgLJO6yq uj4m6IZ6k4xk0ipLalAu&src=BANNER

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