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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.ddlmedia1004.info.
Publisher:
START now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
09c32ab5bb1e5ef237c61ba6a69032ba

SHA-1:
321e87602ec436a25e1a3175cdfac24205db1168

SHA-256:
bb6daf28339a3f5c6f3f452a04476514a38ce9be91db0b6b5dd87f65048550cf

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 2:24:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STARTnow.Bundler (M)
16.6.24.9

File size:
573.7 KB (587,440 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 now

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 6:59:59 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 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xzUVNSArVS7XHqBxLPPx1pH0++BmKVmzpn1pyK04gEQqkWipHY:xzQNDjxymKVs1iEtZ

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:
7.9703

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 URL.

http://get.ddlmedia1004.info/.../Get?p=13073&d=24601&l=1694&n=0&d1=NUMBER&clickid=yz106ClqvU

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