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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 17 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:
e11cccd992f25901651457166e038139

SHA-1:
6ff614c3d445accaf9f4f9d347a441d093037673

SHA-256:
d437fa488aaa9538dd3b78ea184cfec28cf34ad823c3b80b0df58d88c319e933

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
5/21/2024 10:38:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.08.14

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.160.72

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3383

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0225

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AA potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.10.27.19

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12701

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3410

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.08.13.10

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!E11CCCD992F2
16.8.708.2

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dbxkzp
0.28.0.60698

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.K
14.8.13.21

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.DB6BCC95
7.2.225

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
31208

File size:
707.7 KB (724,672 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:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
4/7/2015 3:59:59 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 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pFlmv05Fa7QsMHYVgAfFPmwQg8lfUDJkvqGzj5FQ8QDb3dnDwAr/o/mNe3akx80N:pFKQs7Vg6F+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...
 
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Entropy:
7.9467

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.

http://get.downloaddesktop3.net/.../Get?p=7302&d=13467&l=1694&n=0&d1=11453&clickid=990459337

http://cld2r.com/?a=11453&c=63282&s1=&s2=112&ckmguid=b6a09f22-d580-4fb3-bd47-142db7f047ff

http://cldrload.com/?a=11453&c=63282&s1=&s2=112

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