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setup.exe

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 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.down1702life.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b5e6474a27734653e164883b958364ee

SHA-1:
6bb86f5cbff038d3c2bc9d3e4ae8b91695651153

SHA-256:
ba7eef940a869650b2775a919a15a028000a54f4c60b9cc9af3bf3b9b9cfcd71

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
11/26/2024 10:19:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3278

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.6
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BJ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.11.26.07

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.c
5600.6934

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.StartNow.F
14.11.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35088

File size:
575.5 KB (589,264 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Start Now

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
10/29/2014 4:30:53 PM

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

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

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043DD86B3DF8A0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ow7pPZ2C6SWBKBlky0nzloZzMbXD9C8Jx/GgHbnKmnstomljP:o2RqCQlBK4bXRF/fnlstH

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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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.

http://get.down1702life.info/.../get4?p=13529&d=1977&l=1694&n=0&clickid=710711452&d1=NUMBER&d2=-1&d3=-1&d4=-1&d5=-1&filename=setup

http://get.default-page.com/.../Get?p=13529&d=1977&l=1694&n=0&clickid=710711452&d1=NUMBER&d2=-1&d3=-1&d4=-1&d5=-1&filename=setup

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