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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 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from ads.adk2.com.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ce966012fbc05b399d51eac7403d0464

SHA-1:
f41ddbb5121b7315ea588d7c850c98befc509ca9

SHA-256:
a0f85ee204dd9e7b4c6550406c05e66a9d27742234a66516ae9c96cad2477aea

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
4/25/2024 1:27:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
901

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.167.202

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3379

Bitdefender
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
1.0.20.1150

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.T potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
11.2014-18-08_2

G Data
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
14.8.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13054

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2014.08.18.03

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
15.0.0.690

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Raw.OutBrowse.dbpywt
0.28.2.61519

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.8.18.2

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

File size:
920.5 KB (942,560 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 7:30:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 7:29:59 PM

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:
12/5/2009 6:20:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:GdHXdyZNrNF/4lgGhpwJxmntY1VKc9IsTELQ:6HXc3BqXp6fScKsIL

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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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://ads.adk2.com/event/click/0/IUYz5as_4Plsc2Ud7xA35-3-ZS3aEMEHczyIoVP35Z_PdABLm-6PeMAH4KHvF8CFG_Qh68LO6UytG2ZuLr46t3kX_DiDS606XzIC3ObUR5NtmXgwmUwnrObDX--Yepv0dJUE_wHe95ifd8CV3yR0ifO6tl7eCUzIDcy-6PADb6krGdfCfeSCOtixF8_6wt_PZND2sVjl1u-lIU39GQ9Da7wlYztdHPH6QN2-uXCZdOb67E74T7LV2Afen4dfMZeS23jEEjUeHDVFydKdLYaNOFludCyshlK8PgnzugOPBMmQtuN-_HtHts2Dtw7fDBFpLyjsAM_i9SEtjBr5gqw44yJFnqAp8IwreW4XXUge6r8ROzfPCKcBFB_vByQ/.../

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