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setup.exe

Download Manager

staRT PlAyIng

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 PlAyIng 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.downward234.info.
Publisher:
staRT PlAyIng  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Manager

Version:
1.15521.80.0

MD5:
a9cacd9b09a19f0083653856201b5cb8

SHA-1:
b79a6c696a630ee1cac881cdbc7e71ba22e0e58e

SHA-256:
4f63907072606f444cf2359b079e53069c3012c7b4b07c61d9839d87df373fca

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 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:
5/15/2024 10:39:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.staRTPlA.Bundler (M)
16.4.5.1

File size:
696.2 KB (712,880 bytes)

Product version:
1.15521.80.0

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:
staRT PlAyIng

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=staRT PlAyIng, O=staRT PlAyIng, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
0768DE98A7700CEC69341965A40B088F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/wFPfveGh9FSWsHnbFtaosL4w/BWmK2l8Idsk+Ec/9a0KkJUYu:/wFPthiFuoApjKAZdsk+BVzKkE

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 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.

http://get.downward234.info/1432252796/1432252796/.../bm5qaGhbXyhGYGlgXmFuH004NTA4LzAuMTEwM1wxLTU0YS81LSwtM2JdZGBjWTNgMDEhYnFkcHFjOWRtbmsiLGAgMV0hLl9dX2snYV1iW2otJ11qah4xYUNpZXJebEFmZ2NgcVZPYW1vayted2AlW3VqWmdkYGdgaGQ0QG5icGBvP2hpY1xuIl9jZ2JnYGhkNG9hbW9rI1xrZGJiZWA2XGEwMjItYlhfNSpdL2BdOFxkLTExKi1hYV9lYDQoLTUfY15sZzwsJXFlbDYq

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