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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.blue1702.info.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5ccdd0c28df6450ccfc1f365c6afad13

SHA-1:
e672ef1d99dd677f261d93d90858abd66ad6b3bb

SHA-256:
9b6fb5954ff0d58fa0cd7e7c52fc3d2b85bf2fca37f0d932f1374b7ac7e0d3bd

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:
11/30/2024 8:39:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Malware-gen
141119-1

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CJY
2014.0.4189

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.6
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BJ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
11/30/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.11.30.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.StartNow.M
14.11.30.21

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.D2131122
7.2.334

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35224

File size:
567.1 KB (580,744 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:bUboFJV2dLe/6JRBito+NuB2Y34xIuUC+sId06Y7JrwVsq7l:bUboFP6JRoNuB28RuF8d0VN+

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:
7.9682

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.blue1702.info/.../get4?p=13013&d=24699&l=1103&n=0&d1=1&s=mbs-f40&clickid=5094bed2-b82b-4796-9e86-b1463fd13001

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