home

setup.exe

Start Now

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 Now has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Start Now  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e548a0babbc2aaa2027203a09ed76674

SHA-1:
c4a421c28df0b174a7413d6bb9e9645b04d50b3f

SHA-256:
e163b3cd84da9fed5b9b44bf00a6c9470d3c045702ea0fa405d376ff9948e80f

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
11/8/2024 3:00:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.11.27

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.189.28

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
141119-1

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CES
2014.0.4189

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.6
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BG potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
11/26/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.11.26.11

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.c
5600.6934

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.StartNow.I
14.11.26.15

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.173023CD
7.2.330

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35088

File size:
572.9 KB (586,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Start Now

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
10/29/2014 4:30:53 PM

Valid to:
10/29/2015 4:30:53 PM

Subject:
CN=Start Now, O=Start Now, L=DUBLIN, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043DD86B3DF8A0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:e//86w+T3HWcHQTHrSQE9hJisMeeNGwg5of9ctVR+Xj:e//86w+TnQLmjrJJHy1qVk

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...
 
[+]

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

Remove setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.