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 16 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:
935483f41e6edd032a9f4632247975e1

SHA-1:
0942d304cae04645292ed9cd0e298d26070da4b1

SHA-256:
a1d91744c8395dcedcb527e6c5b4b35d410279a96e1381281b17a1294079c92e

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
4/26/2024 6:10:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.07.28

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.164.52

AVG
OutBrowse
2015.0.3400

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Outbrowse.G
18997

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
7/27/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Downware
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12846

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

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7056

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf
0.28.2.60990

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OutBrowse.F
14.8.7.20

Sophos
OutBrowse
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Downloader/Variant
10457

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
31208

File size:
108.2 KB (110,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2013 7:30:00 PM

Valid to:
10/24/2014 7:29:59 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 6:20:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:4gXdZt9P6D3XJmCD5Ky/9XO3jR0eWSzUu/0Wa:4e34VDUQ9OzRgW/c3

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 3 URLs.

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