setup.exe

direCt DOwnlOAd GtT

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 direCt DOwnlOAd GtT 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.file17desktop.com.
Publisher:
VCRKL  (signed by direCt DOwnlOAd GtT)

Product:
VCRKL

Version:
8560.15529.1282.4888

MD5:
9ff803a5a1eeb0554db23d979bbca288

SHA-1:
1b4a2b770d926cc5b274ff9aa125494fff62d53c

SHA-256:
907752046383a8a547d5e1291d31435ccb0747b1f379e58971b44679aa02b500

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:
2/26/2025 4:45:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.2.3.2

File size:
744.3 KB (762,128 bytes)

Product version:
8560.15529.1282.4888

Copyright:
VCRKL

Trademarks:
VCRKL

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
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=direCt DOwnlOAd GtT, O=direCt DOwnlOAd GtT, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
402DC3366FE833C28F761AE7F9333AFF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

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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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.file17desktop.com/.../1432930919/1432930919?60724717419YWVtNC04bzYtMicxMx9iOSo3LjIyHWY9LDEuLiVnOS8dXjE2TFFGQT5OJVpmaVxpZV08Sy4wJy9sPXRWbiViX25lNzYfeGVpPCk

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