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airglobesetup.exe

Air Globe

This is the installer and setup program from the Air Globe branded Yontoo adware web browser extension. This adware injects various forms of advertisements in the user's web browser based on the HTML content and URLs viewed. Ad include banners, in-line context text links, coupons, and search. The program will install an auto-updating Windows service that will update the software with additional features. The application airglobesetup.exe by Air Globe has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
Air Globe  (signed and verified)

MD5:
af645b6ddb809556fe64520254d6e416

SHA-1:
7bcfcbe2cc56524d1410a3e2f97f061b5621061d

SHA-256:
ea9b4d39bfb1a25f3fd930cf6a76423321f3a8ef5df4827fcb2c2a2721643394

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
5/21/2024 9:03:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
5673240

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Kranet
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.04.24

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.CVG
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15424

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
1.0.20.570

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-34627
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AV potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
4/24/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
11.2015-24-04_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of 1plhblkxusg==4.exe (Adware)
2015.7.25.7

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15693

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!6A7A31BBA6A6
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
16.0.0.342

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Nsis.BrowseFox.dnxihk
0.30.20.1219

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.Installer
15.4.23.22

Rising Antivirus
NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF
23.00.65.15422

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
39354

File size:
511 KB (523,240 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\a3mi4tq5\airglobesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Globe

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Air Globe, O=Air Globe, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0C68EFA725DB8110CE807489DAC03553

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5p/8Fi1s15AnQEiM2WS/G/8/3D0Fw/tN8dkmLtpHHHrh7t:5R8Fi64QEV5P8/z0FmcLbH1t

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9777

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wac.edgecastcdn.net  (72.21.81.13:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to service.yontoo.com  (8.25.35.148:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to api.yontoo.com  (8.25.35.15:80)

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