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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 23 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.fluff234.info.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b69a183761ddf598f73f49b2486adc9c

SHA-1:
fba269a4451e1243d3fa11f231024d0caed69bac

SHA-256:
c4323a9e30e4a18216bedb1b6e18b8ed357133113a6996a006c4b85b5e9b02fc

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
11/24/2024 12:00:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.S
6399338

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.02.12

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.209.210

avast!
Malware-gen
150101-1

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CIC
2014.0.4257

Bitdefender
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.S
1.0.20.215

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.HY
21049

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.6
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.S
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
2/12/2015

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

G Data
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.194.14943

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.02.12.05

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.c
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.S
16.0.0.129

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.djogzg
0.30.0.65070

Norman
MemScan:Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.S
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse
15.2.12.4

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.651C691B
7.2.43

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

File size:
570.8 KB (584,504 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 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:Z2m17LWc2RcCH1hk/U2gktME0rseMu6EenGqwPtzVankjR:Z2m17SRHLk/r1iE01MFTnG7PtZL

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:
7.9769

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.fluff234.info/.../Get4?file=Get&p=13013&d=24699&l=1103&n=0&d1=1&s=mbs-f40&clickid=21202e0d-a3bd-4660-b869-44df4130b50d

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