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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:
RKZNL  (signed by STart pLaying)

Product:
RKZNL

Version:
3718.15530.802.7924

MD5:
ce221c844f14ad5eadc014317dcdbff6

SHA-1:
ed7fb73eecdf814679fdccc5e9f1858d780b8d1d

SHA-256:
ab16756da6c8e44dbcab0dd5dff98299040eeba751d13e5e73a7351b6f49c76c

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:
12/25/2024 11:59:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STartpLa.Bundler (M)
16.7.4.12

File size:
744.2 KB (762,096 bytes)

Product version:
3718.15530.802.7924

Copyright:
RKZNL

Trademarks:
RKZNL

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:
STart pLaying

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/28/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 6:59:59 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 5:52:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qZL/xzu/dBcT8syw5OsdiZzdwsRhrmU2wY+XbI2Bh8T2r1go8X03GVs4sqtFafc6:qZL/xz4TcT8s95Os8w+rmU2wcY8iBZNx

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:
7.9839

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.

http://dl.file23desktop.com/.../1432987041/1432987041?16825588574Zl9sLzE6aDUsLCw2LR5iOC0sMDIwIms3KzEtMB5mOCkiYys1TFBIOj1NH19rY1tpZF81bWkqLEtMLnFJbR5hXmhqPDAeeGRrNSg

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