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audacity_setup.exe

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 audacity_setup.exe by StART NOW has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
StART NOW  (signed and verified)

MD5:
293d6f4392bbff71b9f30bf0c601b845

SHA-1:
8d7e3e6884760cda7e1344b3f1d81261d51ccb96

SHA-256:
8ff90d9b1e399bf85194cace5526ae90defd6f18dd71d134734287cd8c5573ef

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
11/15/2024 3:10:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.1
5512208

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.05.19

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
8.3.1.6

avast!
OutBrowse-GX [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.DJP
2014.0.4311

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.BA
1.0.20.695

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
22170

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.92
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.BA
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
5/19/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-19-05_3

G Data
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.BA
15.5.25

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.e
17.6.569.0

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.BA
16.0.0.417

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dnpjkd
0.30.24.1357

Quick Heal
Adware.NSIS.OutBrowse.A
5.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.Bundler
15.5.19.5

Sophos
Generic PUA JE
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.BD67879B
7.2.139

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OutBrowse
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5085447
39676

File size:
599.2 KB (613,560 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\audacity_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
StART NOW

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 3:59:59 PM

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:
49D186F5D4CD2EA57A61CBF406813874

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Tg7bQ2oZY/Edlor7WitgvWVfS371D2SCFuQ1n:TgXBkDdu71aGf+J6u0

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:
7.9454

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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