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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
clipqube  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6069f65370cb9d3a93b1e95ae2900db4

SHA-1:
72b24c433a10fa7366b4b21c58056ec066ea5e00

SHA-256:
b514d92423f053e64a1383ac2f9ab862d0b5d407ac023839c60675fc1a828bf7

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 7:13:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.clipqube.Installer (M)
16.1.29.10

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:
clipqube

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/30/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/18/2015 5:59:59 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 6:23:06 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:0monno7dSzYRVW8MKyFiDuYHAmDNa1WVHFImXBqfIdvoNUGJKZsQwEx6riECTvD:WnFYEchHAmA1MbnVoNU+pQ7x6+vD

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

http://secure.pn-installer9.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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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