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spybot_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 spybot_setup.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 14 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Spybot - Search & Destroy but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

spybot_setup.exe

Publisher:

OUTBROWSE (signed and verified)

MD5:

576a61928ca047bd1f0c4aa7cadefd4c

SHA-1:

da513efcca27f76060a8f7ba77cbe61b1e1dd7cf

SHA-256:

78d7220b2aa01a67d260dd23e949d7ed50cf74f9aaf91626c0b02065ec7bfd34

Scanner detections:

14 / 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:

4/29/2024 10:05:55 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.OutBrowse

7.1.1

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3337

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.2081

9.0.1.0271

ESET NOD32

Win32/OutBrowse.AT

8.10477

G Data

Win32.Application.Outbrowse

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of installation.exe (Adware)

2014.12.9.22

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.OutBrowse

t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.183.13504

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse

14.0.0.3182

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OutBrowse

v2014.09.28.01

McAfee

Adware-OutBrowse.a

5600.6993

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.M

14.9.28.12

Sophos

OutBrowse Revenyou

4.98

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4784459

32938

File size:

556.7 KB (570,056 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\spybot_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

OUTBROWSE

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

4/7/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

4/8/2015 12:59:59 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:

12/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:29d9HqJxg+WJY8yB6iVKy6wMpslKgAXGF9TMNDj+m:2VyW+WJY+4KHwMpsBh9IN3

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:

7.9763

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file spybot_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://get.download2desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get?downloadtime=1411414355&file=Get2&p=414&d=9892&l=9338&n=1&productname=free-downloadss.com&d1=1&d2=1&d3=1&d4=1&d5=150262&exeurl=http://www.spybotupdates.biz/.../spybot-2.2.exe&dynamicname=Spybot_Setup&filename=Spybot_Setup

http://get.file20desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get2?p=414&d=9892&l=9338&n=1&productname=free-downloadss.com&d1=1&d2=1&d3=1&d4=1&d5=150262&exeurl=http://www.spybotupdates.biz/.../spybot-2.2.exe&dynamicname=Spybot_Setup&filename=Spybot_Setup

http://www.ifreeupdates.com/.../download.php?id=54207821d434f&i=150262

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