setup.exe

File

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 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 get.0124c.info.
Publisher:
STaRT NoW  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
9e93e0209e7a74ed80f96332f1406aef

SHA-1:
c4b745b83d61b1a53ecc1033eeb81d40d20a3ed8

SHA-256:
05520feab2f55f80018f90bbc9fb15fed8c22abae38f9831a2642d0183205250

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 4:16:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STaRTNoW.Bundler (M)
16.7.5.16

File size:
1.2 MB (1,223,040 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015May17-153239-282963c0-1bb1-47b9-8140-f9693113f282.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/11/2015 2:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=STaRT NoW, O=STaRT NoW, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5CDA5E5AC7A68659D2AF602BBAC0B816

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/17/2015 5:32:39 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:RbSaE4mvt/6lTKyWxb/cVlFoWSD8NBxd9XF:RbSv4mvEhKtx7UlFoWAcBTNF

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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