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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 13 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 get.file2desktop.com.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
58987c7cee8b92bb5c4154b0517067b2

SHA-1:
d9e28e86fc8d8af4915645afad2fe19f77cf8318

SHA-256:
1e59c61967c51ae177774f49df670fc60a3f0f5b316e3bec76809cc8a8458dcb

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
4/17/2024 11:14:30 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.167.132

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3382

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.6169
9.0.1.0226

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AI (variant)
8.10265

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of download.exe (Adware)
2014.10.29.19

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13054

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3407

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2014.08.15.08

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7038

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.8.14.10

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
32210

File size:
621.7 KB (636,592 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:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE, O=OUTBROWSE, STREET=Bialik Number: 143, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252337, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A5F03C3A375C11FD6C1C160EE8BFF923

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 2:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:dahzELb2Ag+va0JpN8BAgSGEo+EKe/1HW+MhLRwbpzIwWgfc8vy4h:dahzELb3PS0J7eAg+tPetHWhhLROpzIV

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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Entropy:
7.9802

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.file2desktop.com/.../Get?p=5492&d=19036&l=6303&n=1&productname=Setup.exe&d1=NUMBER&d2=NUMBER&d3=NUMBER&d4=NUMBER&d5=NUMBER&filename=Setup&clickid=w7UVCUMBKKVEGSQD0MR2HS64

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