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setup.exe

Setup

Give Away software

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 Give Away software has been detected as adware by 24 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.
Publisher:
Give Away software  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
aa6ebc4dd4e2aaf06d181f6e9baea43a

SHA-1:
9d2fc0d6d72a459ee702aeb3800b8c5816ff627a

SHA-256:
a653d5004e0e5fe6306086482d6dd785a492a967e251d29df405ea5bb7c21b3f

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
5/8/2024 6:03:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
OutBrowse-II [PUP]
150320-0

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.CUA
2014.0.4311

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.OutBrowse.125
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/OutBrowse
3/28/2015

F-Prot
W32/OutBrowse.O (exact, not disinfectable)
4.6.5.141

G Data
NSIS.Application.OutBrowse.AC
15.3.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.8.9.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.03.28.10

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.e
16.8.708.2

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dorbni
0.30.8.659

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.03.28.10

Quick Heal
Adware.NSIS.OutBrowse.A
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.3.28.10

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OutBrowse/Variant
9970

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.865D799B
7.2.87

Trend Micro
TROJ_GE.865D799B
10.465.28

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
38552

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar08-104903-76473b34-b966-4c52-ad65-609b9ad544dd.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:
Give Away software

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/22/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Give Away software, O=Give Away software, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
20E8B4E900A4BBD48A3B3847A1E472A4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/8/2015 6:49:03 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:XbSaE4mvt/VcOh3DyuRY5vIqzFPz6aUEC:XbSv4mvDciedRRPWaP

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5750

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.

http://download.smartpcfixer.com/.../setup.exe

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