LookThisUp.exe

Sea Bug

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application LookThisUp.exe by Sea Bug has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. This executable runs as a local area network (LAN) Internet proxy server listening on port 59248 and has the ability to intercept and modify all inbound and outbound Internet traffic on the local host. This file is typically installed with the program LookThisUp by Sea Bug, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
LookThisUp  (signed by Sea Bug)

Product:
LookThisUp

Version:
1.0

MD5:
e66af57e73efc6c36b7866720ac15b7f

SHA-1:
a7abfa9de0103d9b9c1f58548f3d0c1b69d74bb3

SHA-256:
adc60a49be14f02da5e769823898f622d7144c0200a1b98c871216a7155f4e3f

Scanner detections:
2 / 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:
4/25/2024 1:24:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.SeaBug
15.4.16.13

File size:
1.8 MB (1,848,976 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © LookThisUp 2014

Original file name:
LookThisUp.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\lookthisup\lookthisup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
7/25/2014 1:59:04 PM

Valid to:
7/25/2015 1:59:04 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:
8/28/2014 3:49:43 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:rIQIlEMsCcxIpo7mpkY2IjPmfiYw35Yic:rHwcxyoyWYUfiYw35Dc

Entry address:
0x1C1F3A

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, 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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.5640

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

Code size:
1.8 MB (1,835,008 bytes)

Local Proxy Server
Proxy for:
Internet Settings

Local host address:
http://127.0.0.1:59248/

Local host port:
59248

Default credentials:
No


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-208-30-101.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.208.30.101:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to toolbar.lavasoft.com  (70.38.8.228:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-6-222.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.6.222:80)

TCP:
Connects to qh-in-f188.1e100.net  (74.125.22.188:5228)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to lga15s45-in-f29.1e100.net  (74.125.226.189:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to lga15s45-in-f21.1e100.net  (74.125.226.181:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to lga15s44-in-f22.1e100.net  (74.125.226.86:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to lga15s43-in-f10.1e100.net  (74.125.226.42:443)

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TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to fra02s18-in-f20.1e100.net  (173.194.112.244:443)

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