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windows7 loader activator.exe

START NOW

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application windows7 loader activator.exe by START NOW has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.file5desktop.com.
Publisher:
START NOW  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f1c9c17815279cd8adcb4c5d01fed5f1

SHA-1:
790c9f07e1f4640f6a885137805a8f23959fc41e

SHA-256:
d1458b285efeb84e9b02b1cf8776cbb23b762d80692cb13b1c51d7aa975392b6

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
12/26/2024 5:02:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Outbrowse.Gen
7.11.199.198

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3237

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BQ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

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

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.d
5600.6893

Reason Heuristics
PUP.STARTNOW.Z
15.1.6.18

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.2F9E2453
7.2.6

File size:
568.4 KB (582,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows7 loader activator.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
START NOW

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=START NOW, O=START NOW, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
58DFC788A0519D692199C4C3E0249517

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:XdvmU5Q7XTKTRxiPnaTUf0bPhNffzcMDFJ8SopZhH6pTnl2wY8:XdvmCdxUnaTbr3J8vdH6p3

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:
7.9769

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file windows7 loader activator.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.file5desktop.com/.../get?p=5466&d=12647&l=12054&n=1&filename=Windows7 Loader Activator

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