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setup.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 setup.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.down4desk.com.
Publisher:
LROZY  (signed by staRT noW)

Product:
LROZY

Version:
5287.15526.790.4344

MD5:
ab72d7ac1e5354d5014d720fbbb3d795

SHA-1:
23950ac84329d63567fed1b4dfdd8cb7c644761f

SHA-256:
290a94f69882762a012d0d61f7979bb25559636d3505dcf8053050006367efc3

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 9:38:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.staRTnoW.Bundler (M)
16.1.11.5

File size:
635.5 KB (650,704 bytes)

Product version:
5287.15526.790.4344

Copyright:
LROZY

Trademarks:
LROZY

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 noW

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 9:59:59 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:
7366E562FB25003E03E4582E9B8F157F

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xa6d/gTrwg7x3bWOMueyLd2feq8/EL7klqigJlXTxhONur4DPdxbP/5Yfc8vy4hU:x5OxStueyLcfIEslqigraNuryfbPv863

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://get.down4desk.com/.../1432666651/1432666651?12337785768ZmNxLi44aDgrLSslYjovMC0pLh9mNTA0NjEfZzUsH14pPCMxLR4tKD5FQz1NUipBOyZBPx4uKCQyLSNcZWFeZGNcPC4uLyovLDEvMSgxMTItMSswLyoyMCVnYGxnNikhc2NoPC4

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