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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 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 clk1007.com.
Publisher:
Start Playing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e71e17558687dbd1111f7c68da2b3048

SHA-1:
c7d9d87cdb34282a0241324334e524b9ce2edca1

SHA-256:
e2a1985c4981c4946b5d268603c389430487b08d99c1df8cd1afb141ce5c02cb

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 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:
11/6/2024 7:56:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.StartPla.Bundler (M)
16.5.3.16

File size:
566.3 KB (579,904 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:
12/11/2014 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 4:59:59 AM

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:
12/6/2009 3:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mPvhxsRGs0t80Irtth7CoVYmdlcocNFFfsfDG:mHhyGFi3hnVxzcNfr

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:
7.9730

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://clk1007.com/adServe/adClick?ai=08zHTxdapFUPZbIUE/ApfGEtSSaLBlowynjQnlulsBLDkkPQjMbLZh6swA3X4iq4s0/.../ZTlyi8FYCSr5SxlDCt r3yyJc7BhC6ZyfFrY7DLqctLLd1mppskUFi8gq8XMaXbgKzPtaIOtdpkptkaTq0wFkAbk08TQ7ji LHROO7HD39 yr nvR4H3PoIdOmKt5bSpX86lMbOjD9jUeLLVw0VthOCJjYCk&ui=8xTBf0BcZTJQpPUW YMlpscaKRMNtL4xlA4kOHjhy4ZWD0 2Wfz3NQ3jX8ac6Ely&src=BANNER

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