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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 11 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.downloaddesktop3.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c85e8997212cc24c64b1166e46d46502

SHA-1:
e775ce20ebf4b9317c4b6c4b7b25add4f5cecd85

SHA-256:
768dc4ad61096a5e3b9d2fed2f0b150e62ddaa581779fa8e3f86fa63ecedef97

Scanner detections:
11 / 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 2:08:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.158.148

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3355

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0253

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.Y potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.19

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12626

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3272

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.8.7.20

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
29708

File size:
986.7 KB (1,010,424 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 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 12:59:59 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 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:KvxbPkv9pP3fDVPWlHQFZqCqQ4n1k/xrMm:UxbPkv3PfRPWlHQFZqK4wh

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:
7.9255

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.downloaddesktop3.net/.../Get?p=7302&d=1775&l=1694&n=0&d1=13409&clickid=1040589743

http://cld2r.com/?a=13409&c=61974&s1=imn-ruk0707&ckmguid=1e3328bb-1f2a-447d-a664-a027437e2383

http://cldrload.com/?a=13409&c=61974&s1=imn-ruk0707

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