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.0122g.info.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
b76214d2ee9bab974beb9ea429048a1a

SHA-1:
4b43feb62dd2b7ad0b03c1ac1b86b0cc456fcee2

SHA-256:
9fa22d5c3e5bf5408bf08bae447c801b1af5dd2c4bec686afd73a431204d54ac

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 1:41:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.StartNow.Bundler (M)
16.1.25.18

File size:
1.1 MB (1,101,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr21-161555-f51f75c8-8ec8-444b-abb6-f29a7f7a75b5.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
4/8/2015 9:35:38 AM

Valid to:
10/29/2015 4:30:53 PM

Subject:
CN=Start Now, O=Start Now, L=DUBLIN, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00D22A7FBACEC36AE8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/21/2015 6:15:55 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/Miy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhBs1JIDVIsf1hrsDdEwmAck5nXd7UEdYBZVK9Uo5Q:/bSaE4mvt/AQJwIsjyrhcYmZgn5kCG

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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