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setup.exe

YES APPS

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 YES APPS 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 dl.appsdesktop.com.
Publisher:
YES APPS  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6f18e0efb9b2d3689f3af2e155a01f55

SHA-1:
5b2e56262ca98c592007004cb2a606478c41e120

SHA-256:
e9b2250d4f3c322c8f77f9bf07c9839b8e5dd0e1c03b4e2bdccd57c2f0c420d7

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:
11/2/2024 11:27:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.8.10.1

File size:
569.9 KB (583,536 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:
YES APPS

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=YES APPS, O=YES APPS, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
04F221BAF46F2D1021A08E9C92E49D2C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ae349yY7tjPZEMkCH7eR3DEaVC43qqQE5aNhGyCAqml0cfBASurPGnpOmEO9jtxQ:yF7faCH7zaUU52fGR8lTOenpO29/o2AB

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:
7.9768

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://dl.appsdesktop.com/.../Get?p=3022&d=20297&l=1694&n=0&d1=365452&d2=-1&d3=-1&d4=-1&d5=-1&filename=setup&clickid=wS3I3FVPNG4ET0BH0N0M9QNU

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