setup.exe

File

STARt now

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 now 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.0124h.info.
Publisher:
STARt now  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
366bc72a70f84c4cd56388be64ad76a6

SHA-1:
91f5f5954da1d9621344157ec77db0e85c6af84e

SHA-256:
13348740f9edd5fe1fc22fafdd2b4ec9ae977151ab6fc0e0f517d5113c2734e1

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 is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 10:20:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STARtnow.Bundler (M)
16.6.18.16

File size:
1 MB (1,091,312 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr26-113010-d7d887de-5d60-43e8-952c-dd4843379ad2.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/21/2015 2:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=STARt now, O=STARt now, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
48E087E2F301E97F8CD217C9B617DFC0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/26/2015 1:30:10 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EbSaE4mvt/PdPBtVyRCEBOwyuhkx8+fpr0iXO2Lm:EbSv4mvpZBv0zBOw/hGf61Ym

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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