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setup.exe

starT PlaYInG

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 starT PlaYInG 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.file8desktop.com.
Publisher:
OAACK  (signed by starT PlaYInG)

Product:
OAACK

Version:
7327.15810.809.8952

MD5:
20a407a4c1f942c24c53145d4b1d5a46

SHA-1:
03a1911ab20b4aa8e903e570dd4efabdcad1d487

SHA-256:
c66490e843568fd0b04a3cbe38b567db9940cbdad595e63c70827e35bb976d18

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:
11/5/2024 11:37:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.starTPla.Bundler (M)
16.6.25.18

File size:
823.2 KB (842,960 bytes)

Product version:
7327.15810.809.8952

Copyright:
OAACK

Trademarks:
OAACK

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
starT PlaYInG

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/30/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=starT PlaYInG, O=starT PlaYInG, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
2E2044E61FEEBFB2FDD3D1020A7E2122

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:52:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9Ldvzi+uLf3Ees0M5I5wN1j4etvpBemEvR86h:9RNSy00W+MWhEmw

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9882

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 URL.

http://download.file8desktop.com/1439170714/.../1439170714?63425761447YWJwLzE4anFoOSogbTkxKyssJWA5KyovNTUhZTcwMjUtIGs5LiFdKzwtLSkqLiJiLTYnMCJgLDcqLSRfLTcsLSJdLzopLyFfY2thalpnYjlxYG1vbyJfZWNgZ2dfNnEwSzQpQkpOUUFLRkE1NUZBSzFLQS0rRCJlXGlrOTcvH2pxaDkq

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