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setup.exe

1432279406

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 get.downward1226.info.
Publisher:
STARt noW  (signed and verified)

Product:
1432279406

Version:
1.15522.79.0

MD5:
9699b99fdee91513145b1a81fd9303d8

SHA-1:
a2b4b0dfbb5b640583c1d90a37399b2d293034d3

SHA-256:
3bff7563780e888d87ad07a3d4e35a04084554e604db3e5fb40f1fd68c98c48c

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 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:
6/27/2025 8:24:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STARtnoW.Bundler (M)
16.4.18.22

File size:
695.8 KB (712,536 bytes)

Product version:
1.15522.79.0

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:
STARt noW

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2015 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=STARt noW, O=STARt noW, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
06235322CC1A09C9DD115DFC7F96D30E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 3:52:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VNfZMTpEYGW9tQ8872I03TIZ8H83i0xojVJOOFJrZ/7EarzF0:VNfZYpEYct72I0BH9jqO7o

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:
7.9573

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.downward1226.info/.../1432279411/1432279411?44163164045Y2FzKzI ajk3LysuImM3LzMvMDMiZzktNTMxJWg5MSJfLTkwMi01LyJjaGRfZ2heOjEzMzcuMC4zNS8jaF1rbjksInZoajov

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