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installation.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 installation.exe by Start Now has been detected as adware by 16 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 get.drop1702.info.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0a7171844bb34317ff7d771f8c665619

SHA-1:
4103a4525a72036fb7d5822a55df786ac1fb6641

SHA-256:
639f63c4e0b6ee4f4aaf14f101982c27cc5dfc19061e45ee99d93a3a4afaf9a0

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
12/27/2024 9:55:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.204.154

avast!
OutBrowse-AI [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CKH
2014.0.4257

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.6
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
1/22/2015

G Data
NSIS.Application.OutBrowse
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14726

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.01.22.09

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.c
5600.6877

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dmikik
0.30.0.64812

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse
15.1.22.21

Sophos
Generic PUA MO
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_BROWSEOUT
7.2.22

Trend Micro
ADW_BROWSEOUT
10.465.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

File size:
567.2 KB (580,784 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:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
10/29/2014 8:30:53 AM

Valid to:
10/29/2015 8:30:53 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043DD86B3DF8A0

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:PgJmgO2dzUOC2PZBqc40Gptg+4J+Qe067HS/We8BI2GQ:PgJ7UOCKnJ40GptghJtKS/We0Lx

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:
7.9683

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.drop1702.info/.../get4?p=13013&d=24699&l=24043&n=0&d1=1&s=mbs-f40&clickid=346a53a8-aa90-4659-8c82-c124f7a088ee

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