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 19 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.file2desktop.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d8bf495b888aea0d6b6598da12eac7e0

SHA-1:
89db2712dd2c72951dde4a3968fe5512c5c257da

SHA-256:
3896a6f28aef6ec444259bffc5b20b097b7bad9f5369ea27588ea67cff6b9b8a

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
11/23/2024 8:14:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/OutBrowse.lwasp
7.11.215.132

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
150303-0

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2016.0.3175

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.068

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse
9.9750

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
3/9/2015

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

G Data
Win32.Application.OutBrowse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.6.15.22

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11965

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.03.09.06

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse
16.8.708.2

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf
0.28.0.59608

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.991504
15.03.09.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.3.9.18

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38050

File size:
968.3 KB (991,504 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 12:59:59 AM

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 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:j9tbtfFcicu9/AGdSHlXEYprdDJ5Qk7I/Oylc8Cnrg7:579Iu9/9dSHlXECrBJ5r7Ibl7org7

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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Entropy:
7.9254

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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