installation.exe

CLICK TO START

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 CLICK TO START has been detected as adware by 24 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.file8desktop.com.
Publisher:
CLICK TO START  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6803a5ee864f050d2d2db18ed5f212ba

SHA-1:
8080b986291768d99559dadf79bc29147f85e230

SHA-256:
b5a2a8ca183eebf91e6b09cc844567a713f0a3eb26995c3e0a8543cc0532469c

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
4/17/2025 6:23:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
6391733

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.01.24

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.204.194

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3221

Bitdefender
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
1.0.20.115

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.OutBrowse.65
9.0.1.05190

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

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BS potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Agent.BS!tr
1/23/2015

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

G Data
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.192.14734

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.01.23.09

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.e
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Application.Bundler.JU
16.0.0.69

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dmjuro
0.30.0.64812

Quick Heal
Downloader.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)
1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CLICKTOSTART
15.1.23.9

Sophos
Generic PUA DP
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.AF8C44A8
7.2.23

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

File size:
582.6 KB (596,616 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:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/7/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=CLICK TO START, O=CLICK TO START, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
4F3BE44946324B1AD2F476F75541A7E7

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:h2Ea7wUx71OGsoxeyq9kmOSlEHAGeVdr5QYfZ/okzJrv/aNrd:h2Bx7IGKJGVgnrjZ/ogrvS

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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