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This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application java.exe by START now has been detected as adware by 12 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.
Publisher:
START now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fc1fd6c4658239082a3da638426bb8c0

SHA-1:
f8c32084a5a794908719ee51da190dbe43629377

SHA-256:
59294352cd9f53ad229636b4a35390f0ec1c121da7aad83d883552aaf96c359f

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
11/2/2024 3:33:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.203.222

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.DGF
2014.0.4257

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.68
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BS potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14711

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.01.21.03

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.e
5600.6878

Reason Heuristics
PUP.STARTnow
15.1.21.14

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.F4CBE3E4
7.2.21

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4823950
36666

File size:
573.7 KB (587,448 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\java.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
START now

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 5:59:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
13F235DA9F0A910A71AE486F7547520F

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:r+UVNSArVS7XHqBxLPPx1pH0++BmKVmzpn1pyK04gEQqkWipHN:r+QNDjxymKVs1iEtG

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:
7.9703

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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