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 21 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 download.download-new.com.
Publisher:
OutBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6298a4a26232aec2a2a3f7f466ca8693

SHA-1:
760e5783c15bc4dd0be982f21eb265f9960eb131

SHA-256:
71fd15784fe71f27012b6d18f39a8736c2b00f88d94579c4a19f3eb870af84a7

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
4/25/2024 7:52:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.05.28

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
8.3.1.6

AVG
OutBrowse
2016.0.3096

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Outbrowse.G
22250

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1664
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
5/28/2015

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

G Data
Win32.Application.OutBrowse
15.5.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16053

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2015.05.28.07

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse
17.6.569.0

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf
0.30.24.1636

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.NSIS.OutBrowse.B
5.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.Bundler
15.5.28.3

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse' (of type Adware)
5.14

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.EKIKMED
37.1.62.1

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
40552

File size:
106.6 KB (109,152 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:
10/24/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/25/2014 1:59:59 AM

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 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:YgXdZt9P6D3XJbCJm5Ky/9XO3jR0eWSzUu/0Wcm:Ye34cJmUQ9OzRgW/cA

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 URL.

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