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setup.exe

Download Manager

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 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 get.downward1226.info.
Publisher:
STARt noW  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Manager

Version:
1.15522.79.0

MD5:
17cd73198d919b295fda50a3f5aa030e

SHA-1:
758d7b1125a49a85b1aa32c78081d778c594c147

SHA-256:
77cf46ef0353cf0a12c6314d9f99431200922777c59624c7b07b81101f019958

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:
12/27/2024 5:54:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STARtnoW.Bundler (M)
16.1.24.15

File size:
696.2 KB (712,896 bytes)

Product version:
1.15522.79.0

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:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2015 3:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=STARt noW, O=STARt noW, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
06235322CC1A09C9DD115DFC7F96D30E

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Tw3ZMTpEYGW9tQ8872I03TIZ8H83i0xojVJOOFJrZ/7EarzFh:Tw3ZYpEYct72I0BH9jqO7F

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 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 URL.

http://get.downward1226.info/.../1432282381/1432282381?28267830449ZV1yKy43bT0uNCwkXDssLio0MiJoNDAsMi0sHms9LSJncGdib1xsa2FpYTRCZ3VoZWdeZCdJWGxZZV9rHlA9NDMwMik1Ly4vNmEwMC03WjYzKiswOGFgXGNcYDFdLzQmYXRcc2pqN2FscXAhL1gjKmQfK15gZGoqWWBbYmgqJmBvaSEpZDxwY29db0Zlaltjal1NXmxycCphb2MeYnNnWWppX2pYa107Pmthc2VuQmBsXGNsH15mbGFqWGtdO21ebHJwIl9jZ1tpY101L2IyYikyXTBdXyktNGBeMGBdY18qLmMyYi4qYF0wMFweZmNrajQvHnhjaTUt

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