setup.exe

1430655683

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 dhd.windowsmediaconverterfree.com.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

Product:
1430655683

Version:
1.1553.115.0

MD5:
b7ac1feb31e62786fb23f4c5a6342c71

SHA-1:
cc3b8a48b1368ed6a14401d330dc437dcbf0884b

SHA-256:
1fdc693c232b29456941eef45bea8b91f3adb555b8c43233187c96ae68b582f6

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 '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:
4/18/2024 11:43:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.StartNow.Bundler (M)
16.5.28.7

File size:
559 KB (572,408 bytes)

Product version:
1.1553.115.0

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:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
4/8/2015 12:05:38 PM

Valid to:
10/29/2015 7:00:53 PM

Subject:
CN=Start Now, O=Start Now, L=DUBLIN, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00D22A7FBACEC36AE8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 2:22:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:eeCJ7X4CEByHvp/NYkWE5M18QpypPOQzHyWuZcEJYc0P:eDD4CDlz2OQpypPOcHyvZY1

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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Entropy:
7.9640

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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