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 25 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:
00467a7925aedb2e344d4f7ef0bb1bac

SHA-1:
4215d7c116c4718f1e21f5b10cf51ecea6715ec8

SHA-256:
a35c411e7e8b487b993fd75a0f5e04b8f423d3d0d59d00131ab24eeeaa6c0604

Scanner detections:
25 / 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 12:28:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
6423343

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.02.21

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.211.174

avast!
OutBrowse-AA [PUP]
150203-1

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3193

Bitdefender
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
1.0.20.255

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.HY
21147

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.68
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
2/20/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
5.13.68

G Data
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.197.15033

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.02.20.08

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.e
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
16.0.0.153

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dmiaid
0.30.0.126

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse
15.2.20.8

Sophos
Generic PUA ME
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.31E8D10B
7.2.51

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4657539
36694

File size:
569.8 KB (583,504 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 12:59:59 AM

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 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pAikXH+p5P0XbVUcso8Sh5CzFFpz2jFz1XUR/CORIjmby:pM65cbyhqIUJz1ERrkey

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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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.

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