home

Installer.exe

Installer

Sea Bug

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application Installer.exe by Sea Bug has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program LookThisUp by LookThisUp. This file is typically installed with the program LookThisUp by Sea Bug, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address www.ibbalance.com on port 443.
Publisher:
Sea Bug  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
0b285c093c501676964dd9d302643547

SHA-1:
c38aa342d926801f41b6f03ec35077b3ec81c8cf

SHA-256:
271cbf4dd15925c3bf7ba5e389bd530d55ebbba6e32d6f1d923d60a6df279abe

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 8:19:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3345

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.iBryte
4.0.3.14920

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
8.10444

Malwarebytes
Trojan.MSIL.Bladabindi
v2014.09.20.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SeaBug.J
14.9.20.19

File size:
201.6 KB (206,480 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sea Bug

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
7/25/2014 4:59:04 PM

Valid to:
7/25/2015 4:59:04 PM

Subject:
CN=Sea Bug, O=Sea Bug, L=Orange, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
081CF04D6E5726

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/20/2014 2:03:32 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:E9YOIDfHsesBK7BFXmXbQzI5dxFa+dgA3fLn:sYNDvsnBcFWx359P7

Entry address:
0x30FBE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 80, 0E, 00, 00, 00, 14, 11, 00, 80, 10, 00, 00, 00, 64, 11, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 50, 14, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.6005

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
188 KB (192,512 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
LookThisUp

Display publisher:
LookThisUp

Display version:
1.0.2

Uninstall string:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\lookthisup\lookthisupuninstall.exe -uninstall


The file Installer.exe has been discovered within the following program.

LookThisUp  by Sea Bug, LLC
LookThisUp is an adware Internet extension that will inject advertisements to the browser on web pages that are not affiliated with the ads or the extension. Ads will be places as new ads that would not normally appear.
lookthisup.net
82% remove it
 
Powered by Should I Remove It?

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

Remove Installer.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.