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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 20 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:
3098e870928aec4f82fe5e695c7fe732

SHA-1:
d7f553fd726a5d9268a4d4b920650c5a06dc275f

SHA-256:
f07f07d2cee77374db1aa56a035d57a17dd13cd0d704ee65e21859e8c7a2b898

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
12/26/2024 3:14:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
14.12.04

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.173.218

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3343

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0265

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse
8.9658

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
9/22/2014

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

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13451

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.22.07

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.6999

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmwf
0.28.0.59048

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.993712
14.09.22.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.K
14.9.22.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.168E759E!378434974
23.00.65.14920

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32938

File size:
970.4 KB (993,712 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:
OUTBROWSE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 1:59:59 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 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:CU/5K0vqxgYznk68rlyJQy0jjSQfEKLKrEewtkPbgwVDTZmxAT7:X5rvyk68Eay0/SQff2rEewtkPbVVvZi0

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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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.

http://get.file2desktop.com/.../Get?p=7302&d=11694&l=1694&n=0&d1=4672&clickid=602165182

http://cld2r.com/?a=4672&c=62472&s2=leapp&ckmguid=39860f55-2912-44cf-85a0-431c7a432f2c

http://cldrload.com/?a=4672&c=62472&s2=leapp

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