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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 9 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.default-page.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2ef8c6e25c1a414f682fe04780a46f4a

SHA-1:
cac1e842432cbee9df2a22e39978e8c7e9971e6a

SHA-256:
7093c8f0c466f00e3fcb017d6b85f760ec40744f02c9b07d3b4b68235f01fa46

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
11/27/2024 4:35:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3271

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.6
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14225

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.12.04.12

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.c
5600.6927

Reason Heuristics
PUP.StartNow.M
14.12.3.23

Sophos
OutBrowse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
35224

File size:
558.1 KB (571,504 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 10:30:53 AM

Valid to:
10/29/2015 10:30:53 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 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:w2Z/hV82+QHeCTZ3leOJBM9DwxyaQTscEfZ97zxdLMh9DJq0XWgNjII5:w2ZUl8nY9DSus3dxEpJlz+0

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:
7.9675

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 2 URLs.

http://get.default-page.com/.../Get?p=13013&d=24699&l=24043&n=0&d1=1&s=ad-f3-new&clickid=c4de3d81-211a-4b18-8e89-6b29962f9bb5

http://get.blue9876.info/.../get4?p=13013&d=24699&l=24043&n=0&d1=1&s=ad-f3-new&clickid=c4de3d81-211a-4b18-8e89-6b29962f9bb5

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