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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 self-extracting archive and installer 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:

d54090d73effeb547d723c53655490bf

SHA-1:

438285b011273eed82391512fe8a1018ff29b4db

SHA-256:

b9c5e083249be32f14c42bae4918e31599407ef62e83912cf209d5ef1d4c5efa

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 4:15:39 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Yontoo (M)

16.10.14.17

File size:

718.9 KB (736,136 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 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:

11/18/2014 9:59:59 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 4:24:57 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:JSxG0JzX/d4BL8+iDV5MDgHwsGIeQ3PAk0bdJI0iTdVvBrzVxNQahwS5oUc:ExGOzA86g9IkqdHiJXWahbnc

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... 
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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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