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setup.exe

VideoCodec

clipqube

This is the installer and setup program from the clipqube 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 background service that will update the software with additional features. The application setup.exe, “VideoCodec Setup ” by clipqube 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.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Video Codec (signed by clipqube)

Product:

VideoCodec

Description:

VideoCodec Setup

Version:

1.9.4.11

MD5:

db8fd5b2c2d71b91cfb7b7185f07022a

SHA-1:

1cb285d6480a2dfde105e91d8050e8c659658bbe

SHA-256:

7d92845be8ea40dca9a8ff7ca3f46b5921c5a05049b918bb23e5c29d9196a16a

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:

4/20/2024 1:25:26 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.clipqube.F

14.4.13.17

File size:

718.9 KB (736,200 bytes)

Product version:

1.9.4.11

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

clipqube

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

11/17/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

11/18/2014 3:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=clipqube, O=clipqube, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

1196F308FE61A4FC96B83D564942BBB4

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

2/4/2013 10:24:57 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:0SxG0LzX/d4BL8+iDV5MptBesGIeQ3PAk0bdJI0iTdVvBrzVxNQahwS5oNySi:bxGszA88tlIkqdHiJXWahb8Bi

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9184

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

63.5 KB (65,024 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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