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setup.exe

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start pLaYinG

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 pLaYinG 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.downward234.info.
Publisher:
start pLaYinG  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
c3f1521373d23243b3b4393665eea183

SHA-1:
76299e629a2701a864cd272de44ff24820b957da

SHA-256:
00fcafb93f9815855e089fb63b2785afbde41757dccdb605a83a41ea4d01c051

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:
12/28/2024 4:45:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.9.7.14

File size:
1 MB (1,100,608 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr08-133244-f371451f-3694-4e91-8095-fd8e32757df9.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
start pLaYinG

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/5/2015 3:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=start pLaYinG, O=start pLaYinG, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
5710C1A12BBDDC415042EFF3C346F6DC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/2015 4:32:44 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pMiy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhWsZcnKLsBTcD+cvi64fSSgkIt5rmQQa6tDKU29q:pbSaE4mvt//Ycn/1cD+cK/gkIaQq

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5481

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.downward234.info/.../1428499960/1428499960?53461955742YmJwKzU2azgrLzEhYTksNC4rLB9oOywzNS4lZTgsH2AvOCIwKiQrKz5FRUNJUSk QSREPx4wLiAxLCBiY2ReZGViOC0tKjQsLzItLC4tLjUsNi4zKyw0NSFmX2ltNC0hc2VuOC8

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