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 default-page.com.
Publisher:
OutBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
df0eb702c0d91af8cdee3dad67c2c3db

SHA-1:
98c14204c927c489404c77cf2ccac7a7322498dd

SHA-256:
ca2c08bd517e1b22950b95ed3383a7b9bdbbbff78b3bba53b16b7b9c59c8e85f

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:
4/20/2024 4:17:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.08.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.169.242

AVG
Adware MultiBundle.M
2014.0.4015

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Outbrowse.G
19348

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.K potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
8/29/2014

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

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Downware
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2014.08.29.11

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7024

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf
0.28.2.61861

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OutBrowse.F
14.8.29.7

Sophos
OutBrowse
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Downloader/Variant
10392

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
32210

File size:
105.5 KB (108,064 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:

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):
3072:2gXdZt9P6D3XJmC6T5Ky/9XO3jR0eWSzUu/0W3:2e34V6TUQ9OzRgW/cU

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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