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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 setup.exe by starT PlaYInG has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.file8desktop.com.
Publisher:
YHGDO  (signed by starT PlaYInG)

Product:
YHGDO

Version:
8821.1589.800.5842

MD5:
60bc9ed81f4502196d6b25c36601292e

SHA-1:
2c133669afe8960d8071fdcfa85bf20b7fcb3dd6

SHA-256:
4425dffa96e7841910b71ece780a520edac6b20584c1c2493e92bf566434be86

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/15/2024 2:19:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.3.15.5

File size:
823.2 KB (842,944 bytes)

Product version:
8821.1589.800.5842

Copyright:
YHGDO

Trademarks:
YHGDO

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
starT PlaYInG

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/30/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=starT PlaYInG, O=starT PlaYInG, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2E2044E61FEEBFB2FDD3D1020A7E2122

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:52:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9880

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 URL.

http://download.file8desktop.com/1439135044/.../1439135044?42916169346Y2NrMDA amlpOSsibjQyKjEsHWE5LCwwMDYgazcoMzUuImw0LyBjKzQqLSBgMDQsKyVeKjopKyJiKzwnMCBbMjknLSRdaGZkaFhqYTdvY2t0aiVdY2ZfZWViNHYuR0U4TEdPTT8rVEdVMkQtM0xFVEg3KiVjWmxqNzUyHW9sazco

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