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.downloaddesktop3.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
74f1a17764e3dfd902bee789e4bfc351

SHA-1:
2baa7d4a77b4e45a0689c73a3f1f6f8995eead25

SHA-256:
4c8455550b051b812a23ab61fb65496c2349be870f4fd850a18282678d7e047f

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
5/22/2024 12:26:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.170.232

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3361

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.6169
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AA potentially unwanted application
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
13.183.13272

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.05.04

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7017

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dbxkzp
0.28.2.61942

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.9.5.4

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.DB6BCC95
7.2.248

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
32210

File size:
708.8 KB (725,832 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 12:59:59 AM

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 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:E6lmv05Fa7QsMHYVgAfFPmwQg8lfUDJkvqGzj5FQ8QDb3dnDwAr/o/mNe3akx80N:E6KQs7Vg6F+PfUDK95i8QDDphouA3akH

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...
 
[+]

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.

Remove setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security