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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.file23desktop.com.
Publisher:
QVVOW  (signed by STart pLaying)

Product:
QVVOW

Version:
2502.15529.808.1134

MD5:
a32b3ffde1d5c1d32065a55b1989f256

SHA-1:
0f710bace8cfeb11e2f47108383c9614c6cfb3a4

SHA-256:
a76638a0311d143c4f7cd667b47a37f951d3e2074593a9ec8fbf5e94795b4d25

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:
11/2/2024 5:31:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STartpLaying.Bundler (M)
15.12.14.3

File size:
744.3 KB (762,192 bytes)

Product version:
2502.15529.808.1134

Copyright:
QVVOW

Trademarks:
QVVOW

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:
STart pLaying

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/27/2015 7:00:00 PM

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

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:
2447D23F86DE57428433972F0A8394A5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Z0A3+xPMzkzEEAKx8/TewZNEa1w8aYs0skzfrDMFfc8vy4hG:ZN3OPMzk1LxitGa1w8t1zca869

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:
7.9837

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://dl.file23desktop.com/1432937768/1432937768/.../am5oamhhZBwwKEhcZVtlXnImSjsvK1xYXWAuMzApNzEvKyktNik2OSg0XGAwWzIuLTA4LCRdc2BsbGo2aHRrbh0uXBwsZB4yZmRuW19pKShhaG0lKWRibWAkMnMrNS1uZ2Zfam5tK2I1OC0sXXNgHV53Z2FtYGFmXGhcN0hadmEdZGFnYGVba149c1xybWshWmZnXGtpWzsuYS8sM2ItOGJaLlsvLSczXytiY1wxMWFgKSthXzQ4WCRhXmplNzQfemlnOyg

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