setup.exe

File

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.0125f.info.
Publisher:
sTARt now  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
826262e049c50628dcb63990b410af62

SHA-1:
2a2bc8526285c3e47a000610a471e5105b068772

SHA-256:
8676eb7cde66c0089ac29863a02f35e293b1039802df9b16217c258398f30d0f

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:
12/26/2024 1:10:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.sTARtnow.Bundler (M)
16.2.6.4

File size:
1.1 MB (1,101,400 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr15-191352-d8cd1144-60ba-4327-8881-b894c0d582e2.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/5/2015 2:00:00 AM

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

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:
0E0FD4301D1202ED31B0E26F20B00539

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/15/2015 9:13:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qMiy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhOsPmfpo22EG6D3UQNVsZ3ZhpFERkwW2pTSkyuXRl:qbSaE4mvt/njpoiNV0phpeOkyoJ3

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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

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