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spybot_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 spybot_setup.exe by OUTBROWSE has been detected as adware by 14 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Spybot - Search & Destroy but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
576a61928ca047bd1f0c4aa7cadefd4c

SHA-1:
da513efcca27f76060a8f7ba77cbe61b1e1dd7cf

SHA-256:
78d7220b2aa01a67d260dd23e949d7ed50cf74f9aaf91626c0b02065ec7bfd34

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
11/24/2024 10:15:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3337

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2081
9.0.1.0271

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.AT
8.10477

G Data
Win32.Application.Outbrowse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of installation.exe (Adware)
2014.12.9.22

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13504

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse
14.0.0.3182

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.09.28.01

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.a
5600.6993

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OUTBROWSE.M
14.9.28.12

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784459
32938

File size:
556.7 KB (570,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\spybot_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):
12288:29d9HqJxg+WJY8yB6iVKy6wMpslKgAXGF9TMNDj+m:2VyW+WJY+4KHwMpsBh9IN3

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:
7.9763

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file spybot_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://get.download2desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get?downloadtime=1411414355&file=Get2&p=414&d=9892&l=9338&n=1&productname=free-downloadss.com&d1=1&d2=1&d3=1&d4=1&d5=150262&exeurl=http://www.spybotupdates.biz/.../spybot-2.2.exe&dynamicname=Spybot_Setup&filename=Spybot_Setup

http://get.file20desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get2?p=414&d=9892&l=9338&n=1&productname=free-downloadss.com&d1=1&d2=1&d3=1&d4=1&d5=150262&exeurl=http://www.spybotupdates.biz/.../spybot-2.2.exe&dynamicname=Spybot_Setup&filename=Spybot_Setup

http://www.ifreeupdates.com/.../download.php?id=54207821d434f&i=150262

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