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java_setups.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 java_setups.exe by START Now 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
START Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
30a60974a4b026bcc21eeeccba502dc4

SHA-1:
321dc561505b03b41628a57cfe06bced0dfa436a

SHA-256:
d8a4fa7c3a745b5025162cd2d760440c6fbc25b5863d56124ab4a68d5a99d7b5

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:
11/27/2024 4:38:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STARTNow.Bundler (M)
16.1.10.16

File size:
569.9 KB (583,608 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_setups.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
START Now

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/6/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 6:59:59 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:
52BFDD030DF370AA99945BC3FFFB57CE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iwNUcn5KjxSrghy52iehYopLCoLlUop5RMuLM+qtjKSJ8CYfsJYSAE:iwLEjoka2egLTlZRMust+SWCWsJ9

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 java_setups.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.file24desktop.com/1420848703/get15?p=414&d=24027&l=9338&n=1&productname=free-downloadss.com&d1=1&d2=1&d3=1&d4=1&d5=18000&exeurl=http://sdlc-esd.sun.com/ESD6/JSCDL/jdk/.../jre-7u51-windows-x64.exe&dynamicname=Java_Setups&filename=Java_Setups

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