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setup.exe

File

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.
Publisher:
start pLaYinG  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
cd87fd81b666cb2318b17d1b82a69fbe

SHA-1:
830d7251df59671b31f9da07ce1af34fb2fc35b5

SHA-256:
5fef3b8c55d09fab6397d2ddf29121ba121e55e0cb8933ab309a0ec411d51e21

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:
2/25/2025 3:47:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.2.6.14

File size:
1 MB (1,100,584 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr08-172658-e98436b2-1236-4eda-960e-bcc9603e3396.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
start pLaYinG

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/4/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 7:59:59 PM

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 1:26:58 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x75F3E

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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