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 downloader2.downloadinfo.co and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OutBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
df9198832546fa252d1385eddebf8dde

SHA-1:
8d9ad4b9d21beecd0944bcebfd4f7c3896515f60

SHA-256:
60c91739894cf0cb9f46801def733f92574f9422e356a4cc8f7388630273c7d6

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
1/12/2025 8:17:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.03.06

AVG
MalSign.OutBrowse
2014.0.3629

Bkav FE
W32.Clod76d.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.OutBrowse.~A
17422

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1664
9.0.1.0345

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse (variant)
7.9158

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/NSIS_OutBrowse
12/11/2013

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.174.10469

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
14.0.0.4041

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Smart
v2013.12.11.09

McAfee
Artemis!DF9198832546
5600.7285

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.csowwi
0.28.0.58101

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OutBrowse.F
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Generic PUA BP
4.95

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1119
7.2.345

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.OutBrowse
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
OutBrowse
24242

File size:
612 KB (626,728 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:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/24/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OutBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=OutBrowse, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
56A6FE571611B68C9224798AD62913CA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:T5slC8e1Gww45n5dXHX0VaIeKczFzjk05ZBCAWdG2Xd+99ICH+uGe68hv6O:TalC8Xwwc730If3ucZ9DQavv

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:
7.9772

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 12 URLs.

http://downloader2.downloadinfo.co/download.php?id=d8d59ee23f3407055c25666d40959cfb4afd2555&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImRpIiwicnMiOiJnb29nbGUiLCJydCI6InNlYXJjaCIsImMiOiJiciIsIm8iOiJ3aW43IiwiYiI6ImNoMzEiLCJ1X2lkIjoiZGlfNTI5YWY2YmYyZTllZDIuMzE1NDczMjQiLCJwYV9pZCI6IjgiLCJzdF9pZCI6IjAiLCJzcF9pZCI6IjAwMDAtMDAwMCIsInRzIjoxMzg1ODg3NDIzLCJrdyI6InNreXBlIiwiY3UiOiJza3lwZSIsImNhIjpudWxsfQ==

http://downloader2.downloadinfo.co/download.php?id=d8d59ee23f3407055c25666d40959cfb4afd2555&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImRpIiwicnMiOiJnb29nbGUiLCJydCI6InNlYXJjaCIsImMiOiJ1cyIsIm8iOiJ3aW43IiwiYiI6ImNoMzEiLCJ1X2lkIjoiZGlfNTI5N2YwZjEzOWI5YTIuMTI1MTc4MTAiLCJwYV9pZCI6IjgiLCJzdF9pZCI6IjAiLCJzcF9pZCI6IjAwMDAtMDAwMCIsInRzIjoxMzg1Njg5MzI5LCJrdyI6InNreXBlIGZyZWUgZG93bmxvYWQiLCJjdSI6InNreXBlIGZyZWUgZG93bmxvYWQiLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0=

http://downloader2.downloadinfo.co/download.php?id=d8d59ee23f3407055c25666d40959cfb4afd2555&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImRpIiwicnMiOiJnb29nbGUiLCJydCI6InNlYXJjaCIsImMiOiJteCIsIm8iOiJ3aW52IiwiYiI6ImNoMzEiLCJ1X2lkIjoiZGlfNTI5NzU4NjUwZWQwZTEuMjMyOTYwMTMiLCJwYV9pZCI6IjgiLCJzdF9pZCI6IjAiLCJzcF9pZCI6IjAwMDAtMDAwMCIsInRzIjoxMzg1NjUwMjc3LCJrdyI6InNreXBlIiwiY3UiOiJza3lwZSIsImNhIjpudWxsfQ==

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