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 26 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 cld2r.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b8edc6133ea3edf4725dea9ee1125e1f

SHA-1:
55f5fe3929a7d60888490116fd6b3cc2fcb64148

SHA-256:
887da5db0e22294d05f404dc722655e213edca87ea00adf906c0ad025407460b

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
12/26/2024 3:37:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse.A
6097224

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.12.10

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/OutBrowse.lwasp
7.11.193.202

avast!
OutBrowse-G [PUP]
141130-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3265

Bitdefender
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse.A
1.0.20.1715

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.OutBrowse.~V
20315

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.V potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Outbrowse.B2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse.A
11.2014-09-12_3

G Data
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14280

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.12.09.03

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse.A
15.0.0.1029

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dbxkzp
0.28.6.63850

Norman
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse.A
04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.998400
14.12.09.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.12.9.15

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse Revenyou'
5.08

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

File size:
975 KB (998,400 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:
4/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 7:59:59 PM

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 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4QheA/Lz7PFVke3dv6FfajLAf0DmKbfKy5mZr:VheA/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:
7.9235

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 7 URLs.

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