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 20 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.downloaddesktop2.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a10571e22c0e4df8371a293babe12156

SHA-1:
6d2950e434a3fa17c8dd175810c2461c473a1e2a

SHA-256:
1f76af56cda5add7ee70a40da60cef495475cf03acbe32cbfefa2ff8953d8d9d

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
11/9/2024 1:02:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.07.22

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.163.86

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3346

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0262

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AB
8.10214

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
9/19/2014

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

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12795

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3227

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.19.04

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7002

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.ddvyee
0.28.2.62151

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.566984
14.09.19.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.9.19.14

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Hoax.PornoAsset
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
31208

File size:
553.7 KB (566,984 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 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 8:59:59 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 8:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LCUnYdbT2wW+c1fFbftgCin2JI6J8bc1YT/AAUHnSco9Oo:LCUnY03lgd2J0bqAUyco

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 3 URLs.

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