flash player.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 flash player.exe by START now has been detected as adware by 28 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from get1.down1004life.info.
Publisher:
START now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
de1dcaef021751c2fa71e867ffb5b5b1

SHA-1:
9d7e7629b58a26c17e8f124d79889e721b346de5

SHA-256:
6472bdc7bfc181f296cfb6b398a2a48c573d794f265d64b46e4883e2836b81f6

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
12/26/2024 1:07:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
697

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.03.10

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.215.110

avast!
OutBrowse-CS [PUP]
150303-0

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3175

Bitdefender
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
1.0.20.340

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.HY
21351

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.68
9.0.1.068

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
8.15.03.09.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BS potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
3/9/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
11.2015-09-03_2

G Data
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.6.15.18

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.200.15209

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
14.0.0.2372

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse.gen
v2015.03.09.03

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.e
5600.6831

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
16.0.0.204

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dmxjlz
0.30.0.296

Quick Heal
Downloader.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.3.9.15

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse Revenyou'
5.11

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.D88B743E
7.2.68

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

File size:
574.4 KB (588,152 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 4:59:59 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:
13F235DA9F0A910A71AE486F7547520F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 3:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:gcx8r0Xnwwi2pyKEyAPis6/E6Cz1+0f7rH/TTpVP4N1n9af1Ejqvh:gcW6vOyZskENJ+A7rH/TTP4NHn+

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:
7.9675

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file flash player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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