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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 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 ads.2xbpub.com.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
496612205467d0e21de5c3bcfb4740f2

SHA-1:
87e0772005820af20e8f4cfabba6a3caf936934f

SHA-256:
2799e191d487ed2eb1ddba855839ffa2a0fb5031ccbc40b776ed43d6383e9ffd

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:03:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.Bundler (M)
16.2.13.7

File size:
554.1 KB (567,360 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:
OUTBROWSE

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:T2UnYdbT2wW+c1fFbftgCin2JI6J8bc1YT/AAUHnOikKWF:T2UnY03lgd2J0bqAUsKW

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 URL.

http://ads.2xbpub.com/event/click/0/PMHntv8ndiwdp-K5sC3obGjmfXfH_tHAnrfHHGMFTCgRECfRxKlv7Bqv2gxJ3S0vquZyY150MCqU75N6-yaax_Gm9Cxxm1EX47hYZMPh_mJed9XUHxOEgA9fBLWLKgDSJkc2L7hKSQXLXJj5pfpzOa9jdCXm9JNjm_rIPFseQ4Jpb6TMjtzGjiw3t86GLpAQATAYOtqScbq-qilZURO0h9OrYhj-021z23gPGvvkWUeidIohdNLfg5XtSwLa7jLbsaH5X4d79e5zFdaxQb5Q_mW3DYznHkXyFydn2BILsyqKn_qfQKpwjm4vumayubP34BEjz1Pl6x3DKCSjaxzqzOYA_g8xwvTXdE13nARv2Zig0AWp8rKdVVXD8W_gv0ecOfavxQTVHTmqN6GoYKokuKRbflSXNTcBBQ3_BQvtd5RFDNRuRZ7iZDks/.../

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