itunes_setup.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 itunes_setup.exe by Start Playing has been detected as adware by 26 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.downward1208.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Start Playing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0fae02438869f015a0a97942f7158b35

SHA-1:
0a2f96e995c56b55a98a444cfb3649b69332c5f7

SHA-256:
ca1afc3f6a5eaffcf36724537351c17aa8adedf48ea50dc8859d24b8e9fe3587

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
5/25/2024 10:55:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.AA
6381064

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.01.22

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.204.32

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CVE
2014.0.4257

Bitdefender
Dropped:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.AA
1.0.20.105

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.OutBrowse.MQPC
20797

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.58
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.AA
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
1/21/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Dropped:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
5.13.68

G Data
Dropped:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.AA
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.191.14711

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.01.21.09

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.d
5600.6878

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.AA
16.0.0.63

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dluceg
0.30.0.64812

Norman
Dropped:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.AA
02.01.2015 13:58:24

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Outbrowse
15.1.21.21

Sophos
Generic PUA NO
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.6BC7E129
7.2.21

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

File size:
573.1 KB (586,872 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
12/8/2014 8:12:48 AM

Valid to:
12/8/2015 8:12:48 AM

Subject:
CN=Start Playing, O=Start Playing, 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:
4E956215A6BB61

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iFGt9NXVGaLvbdKi9cHY9Ls/qus4cWrf9:i4bGAvUmXo//sJWrf

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:
7.9731

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file itunes_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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