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installation.exe

Setup

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 installation.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.0118e.info.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
daf3414533bf837e62a1c48dd74b373f

SHA-1:
0b6d38613338fd1b0dc13fba396abe3e6706b6da

SHA-256:
0a230988f21bd2eade7b68a2138b9813fd248c70a4e531063e1d54f82da06c31

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 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:
11/24/2024 1:28:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.StartNow.Bundler (M)
16.1.10.2

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,336 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar02-113212-07d8b4fc-5cc3-4388-87aa-408e8f444fb1.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Start Now

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/4/2015 4:36:58 PM

Valid to:
10/11/2015 4:45:55 PM

Subject:
CN=Start Now, O=Start Now, L=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11219995D34A9445F16950234428BC949BCF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/2/2015 12:32:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/bSaE4mvt/61xtuFOXXqVM/C9xvfRv8XD8V:/bSv4mvI7tu8Xk9REzy

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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

http://get.0118e.info/.../1425295930/1425295930?89481279413X1xwKj5uNigvLzQrHWA1MTIxLjMlaTUqLyo0JGc0LCVhKTRKTUxAPkkiYmlhWmdhYztwRS0vRGc4M3JzJGJaa206LR1fZDxlXmsuNCNyYGw1MQ

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