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 16 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:
053011508ade528279c69a0c378226d3

SHA-1:
edf13356bb6a20f049ddd2f926c772fbd1992285

SHA-256:
6a206a2391eee47d4ef772ca1cdf59d1c3ea45716d1f2ef6c36b86a1fcf375d8

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
11/14/2024 2:37:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.08.13

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.158.148

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3384

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0224

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.Y potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.10.22.17

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12626

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3417

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.08.12.07

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse
5600.7040

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.OutBrowse.1010424
14.08.12.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.F
14.8.12.15

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:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/7/2015 7:59:59 PM

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 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:HXxbPkv9pP3fDVPWlHQFZqCqQ4n1k/xrMm:3xbPkv3PfRPWlHQFZqK4wh

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.

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