setup.exe

OUTBROWSE

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 OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.file2desktop.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b64441d753be3e31d3bbd389757f67ff

SHA-1:
538ec215456490b644e992c65ec5608e080f29b7

SHA-256:
b2247d4014f3b40c1ff030c42efa115c1257e78b37877c5cd59fc4814fd46707

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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 12:34:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.08.07

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.153.118

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3390

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.OutBrowse.~V
19105

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0218

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.V potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.28.15

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712319

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.494

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.6994

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.czvgeu
0.28.0.60100

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.8.7.20

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.F184F561
7.2.218

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
29800

File size:
975.4 KB (998,816 bytes)

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:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE, O=OUTBROWSE, STREET=Bialik Number: 143, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252337, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A5F03C3A375C11FD6C1C160EE8BFF923

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:0eheA/Lz7PFVke3dv6FfajLAf0DmKbfKy5mZr:fheA/LPPFVk0vy6EcDLyyEZr

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, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9236

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 2 URLs.

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