setup.exe

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 by clipqube has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. While running, it connects to the Internet address api.yontoo.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
clipqube  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eaad4c4fda651c4a1d8cd82b8c373163

SHA-1:
24daf26908b74e27e2e8fba24dea1fed831f2d5f

SHA-256:
5bd9e204bcb25f0bfdb680ac9516be5cdbf6eb78ce3e055c6abc5ad704b4e362

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:
4/26/2024 3:31:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Bundlore.Gen
7.11.213.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundlore.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Bundlore
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Yontoo
15.3.2.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37588

File size:
254 KB (260,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/30/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/18/2015 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:
1FCBFDBEAD545580F2531ECD63A07DB9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/1/2015 4:23:06 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:0monno7dSzYRVW8MKyFiDuYHAmDNa1WVHFImXBqfIdvoNUGJKZsQwEx6riECTv0:WnFYEchHAmA1MbnVoNU+pQ7x6+v0

Entry address:
0x30BA

Entry point:
E8, 8D, 48, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 48, AD, 41, 00, E8, F0, 2D, 00, 00, E8, 5E, 4A, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 20, 48, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, DF, 3F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.8979

Code size:
77 KB (78,848 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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