setup.exe

OutBrowse

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application setup.exe by OutBrowse has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.file2desktop.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OutBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4a6a26c3fc121a4b832da9d1826b7d24

SHA-1:
010c819ebcee1e2e968fc42720d9e95503dcb3ba

SHA-256:
f2eec4f023d8d0bb21c320e6669f5b87160b5532e46501bf75436a04c68b9272

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/24/2024 11:25:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.07.20

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.163.2

AVG
OutBrowse
2015.0.3408

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Outbrowse.G
18905

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1664
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
7/19/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.OutBrowse
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Downware
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12775

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
15.0.0.494

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7064

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf
0.28.2.60881

Panda Antivirus
Trj/NsisDownloader.A
14.07.19.02

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.NSIS.OutBrowse.B
7.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OutBrowse.F
14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.168E759E!378434974
23.00.65.14717

Sophos
OutBrowse
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Downloader/Variant
10474

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
31208

File size:
106.6 KB (109,192 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/24/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OutBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=OutBrowse, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
56A6FE571611B68C9224798AD62913CA

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):
3072:zgXdZt9P6D3XJbC25Ky/9XO3jR0eWSzUu/0Wf:ze3482UQ9OzRgW/cI

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:
7.6778

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

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