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setup.exe

OUTBROWSE

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application setup.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.downloaddesktop2.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1feee70868cabde3e9f01b400664a3f1

SHA-1:
03367eb40eed3d21978aabb0fb9dc19fca75c31e

SHA-256:
7c15b0375a7ee2f23497142e0692b498b7a5461bd61012bb3c65b89d1e3408c8

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
12/26/2024 4:03:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.08.08

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3389

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0219

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AD
8.10220

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
8/7/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of install-flashplayer.exe (Adware)
2014.10.2.21

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.182.12911

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3441

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Outbrowse
v2014.08.07.07

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7045

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.566984
14.07.31.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.8.7.20

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
31208

File size:
553.7 KB (566,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE, O=OUTBROWSE, STREET=Bialik Number: 143, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252337, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A5F03C3A375C11FD6C1C160EE8BFF923

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 8:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4NUnYdbT2wW+c1fFbftgCin2JI6J8bc1YT/AAUHnNimP8p:4NUnY03lgd2J0bqAUP8

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://get.downloaddesktop2.com/.../Get?p=3005&d=1775&l=1694&n=0&clickid=da4478c0e4625430d2322386fdc21da1&d1=11961&d2=-1&d3=-1&d4=-1&d5=-1&filename=setup

http://mmtrkms.com/mt/.../&subid1=DG

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