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installation.exe

Start Playing

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 Playing has been detected as adware by 7 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.
Publisher:
Start Playing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e9f1b18d2ce28f91c36ad16b08baf324

SHA-1:
17c0c8dd79abdafcd8d68ff4c192c24a7aa20dfb

SHA-256:
288d3c9f7a0fad3c5483caf42a60b2e6a14298f4283acc60149994941a48f189

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
11/27/2024 5:36:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.12.29

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.198.100

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3246

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Agent
t3scan.1.8.5.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.12.28.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.StartPlaying.M
14.12.28.22

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.3E5BCE57
7.2.362

File size:
574.3 KB (588,040 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Start Playing

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/10/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Start Playing, O=Start Playing, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
21C5B5952499A0186B18B4079B5188B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:kOGIlJOg9ria3s9F3RJO/RGyZkxfLYKbAqiIQV6bGRfS64I4DhOqO:kDsiEs7O/MHLYKTo6bGAhhC

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:
7.9738

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file installation.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://get.blue1211.info/.../get16?p=13013&d=24699&l=24043&n=0&d1=1&s=mbs-f40&clickid=9f7ad0d2-4f39-4bd3-823c-aab36506301a

http://file.yourddl1000.info/.../Get?p=13013&d=24699&l=24043&n=0&d1=1&s=mbs-f40&clickid=9f7ad0d2-4f39-4bd3-823c-aab36506301a

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