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 25 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:
3ce90bbb3a560eca631a701ead61aa52

SHA-1:
5f1ee97bcabefdba2ab1bcea87b20e04fcef0c44

SHA-256:
76f3c76bc60fbd0beceaab8d4c6071a09a209a3b851574648aab24bfa932c51b

Scanner detections:
25 / 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:
11/23/2024 8:10:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse.A
816

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.11.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/OutBrowse.lwasp
7.11.184.22

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3294

Bitdefender
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse.A
1.0.20.1575

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.OutBrowse.~V
20051

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse
8.14.11.11.05

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
11.2014-11-11_3

G Data
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13965

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.11.11.05

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.6950

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Adware.OutBrowse.A
15.0.0.945

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dbxkzp
0.28.6.62995

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.998400
14.11.11.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.11.11.5

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

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:
4/7/2014 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:OrheA/Lz7PFVke3dv6FfajLAf0DmKbfKy5mZr:SheA/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 5 URLs.

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