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 cld2r.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3341faf2ac746693416f201d76882962

SHA-1:
07bd639c401b460c0006689b28cdbe4ca733d1d2

SHA-256:
0cb654223f606eeb50c244db4fc5c1a9eee07ade4e474371f6f9967a88720905

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:
5/7/2024 4:22:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.09.25

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.154.102

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3341

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.OutBrowse.~V
19611

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0267

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.V potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Outbrowse.B2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712358

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.24.07

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.6997

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dbxkzp
0.28.2.62286

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.998400
14.09.24.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.9.24.17

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.F184F561
7.2.267

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
30086

File size:
975 KB (998,400 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE, O=OUTBROWSE, STREET=Bialik Number: 143, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252337, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A5F03C3A375C11FD6C1C160EE8BFF923

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):
24576:c2heA/Lz7PFVke3dv6FfajLAf0DmKbfKy5mZr:theA/LPPFVk0vy6EcDLyyEZr

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 setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

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