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skypesetup.exe

Salyutem Plyus LLC

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application skypesetup.exe by Salyutem Plyus has been detected as adware by 10 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.
Publisher:
Salyutem Plyus LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f04edab40cefa4813a6e3206c10d2bcd

SHA-1:
88f8142dc37768e8a5dabc5194088a0b998ac66e

SHA-256:
b80dbe3cc955db406b19a54f19b450406b18d530cd4a3ad64e53cbfe3436400c

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/16/2025 10:36:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.12.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.198.192

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3244

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.55
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BQ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Agent
t3scan.1.8.5.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.12.30.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SalyutemPlyus.K
15.1.4.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.37ED827C
7.2.364

File size:
574.5 KB (588,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Salyutem Plyus LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/14/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/15/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Salyutem Plyus LLC, O=Salyutem Plyus LLC, L=Kharkiv, S=Arkansas, C=UA

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

Serial number:
6B6BB9E1A48F64F47503D8DCF6A5D0D3

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):
12288:2pcT07qSLsYgbtFRwm4rq+y1kDXj7Htb29iCiAlcbIDnQEFuF/2Mr:2pvFLsY2tFRwmPfiD/HIQxEFuF/2A

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:
7.9742

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://get.file8desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get?p=18044&d=24018&l=23220&n=1&productname=Download Manager&exeurl=http://download.skype.com/f91abd10a88c144359e4c598ef9928ca/partner/.../SkypeSetup.exe&dynamicname=Skype&S=fdab2db3b531b91cfbd123361b823065&d1=Windows 7&d2=284729&d3=Chrome&d4=&filename=SkypeSetup

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