setup.exe

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 dl.file23desktop.com.
Publisher:
GXOTP  (signed by STart pLaying)

Product:
GXOTP

Version:
2474.15530.801.3130

MD5:
93a19605d0508fab44cd8ac7f0967b0a

SHA-1:
b04195082c5869e012a406d6c5ff6bae10473d7e

SHA-256:
bee6422f0f43cbcb65e701fd2b970231181f18343d4ab3e4db6057b9fa13c818

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:
12/25/2024 12:42:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STartpLa.Bundler (M)
16.5.4.3

File size:
744.3 KB (762,120 bytes)

Product version:
2474.15530.801.3130

Copyright:
GXOTP

Trademarks:
GXOTP

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:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/28/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 5:29:59 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:
2447D23F86DE57428433972F0A8394A5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 4:22:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:E3WsqzKkHh9MsSevgMWDDHRC3ubv5zRyi58snqNXxhwhsaXl7pGb+vXLmDWfc8vH:EdqzKmrMs5zsD2Sx9ZPMxhwhxX9IIXLH

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9838

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.

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