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 get.download2desktop.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OutBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
777be7fac0829ee9f2a1105909ca66f8

SHA-1:
e1e1b4874f1f98510500963b51ccd2da012577d6

SHA-256:
8c951c2cbc3139bf69262e01ceec6f2a1845e3d2a5636f87bb92999f99b878e3

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:
4/26/2024 4:38:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.12.18

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.196.118

AVG
Adware MultiBundle.M
2014.0.4235

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Outbrowse.G
20398

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
12/17/2014

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

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14368

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2014.12.17.02

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse
16.8.708.2

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf
0.28.6.64267

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OutBrowse.K
14.12.17.13

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse' (of type Adware)
5.09

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Downloader/Variant
10172

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
35418

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 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/25/2014 12:59:59 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 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:ogXdZt9P6D3XJmCq5Ky/9XO3jR0eWSzUu/0WH:oe34VqUQ9OzRgW/cI

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:
7.6791

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 4 URLs.

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