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mediaplayerclassicsetup.exe

KBM2 Installer

sterkly LLC

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application mediaplayerclassicsetup.exe by sterkly has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from api.kbm2.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address api.yontoo.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
sterkly LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
KBM2 Installer

Version:
2.1.0.5

MD5:
db75ccb1ea6bfc2b449af5c08b3cdf79

SHA-1:
5c4e4ef1c2af1083aae0af573ee6075d9b18feff

SHA-256:
e3f6e54417d27c18bde2b33af4ff7131b20d71a4d1bc4917113d24204ccc0027

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 12:38:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.sterkly.Installer (M)
16.1.9.5

File size:
573.6 KB (587,384 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.0.5

Copyright:
(c) Sterkly LLC. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
KBM2.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mediaplayerclassicsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
sterkly LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2013 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=sterkly LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=sterkly LLC, L=Carlsbad, 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:
136DB6717AA1462B8176971FE58FEBD6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/7/2013 6:45:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:zPSh8RbmElZtwKZn7dkoXYJhW32oiJ6kZ/oPnBcTQs9:zPSMms7koXR32oSLZAP0Qs9

Entry address:
0x397CB

Entry point:
E8, A3, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, D0, FB, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 2A, 6D, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 85, F6, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 61, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, 6E, 33, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 01, 73, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 48, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, FB, 6D, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C7, FF, 75, 0C, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 49, 2F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, BB, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 24, 33, 00, 00, 6A...
 
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Code size:
339 KB (347,136 bytes)

The file mediaplayerclassicsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://api.kbm2.com/downloadLauncher.ashx?cid=32

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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