setup.exe

InstallVibes

This is the installer and setup program from the InstallVibes 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 InstallVibes has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
InstallVibes  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b5b8856271c98471348ad51528dd7e10

SHA-1:
77f70aca6949fb30ccde4596b675602643a3917e

SHA-256:
ab53e131533f9044900364c6179a95d0b120cc4e5c6c71a5fb52d5bd9e4e5575

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:
4/27/2024 3:09:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.InstallV.Installer (M)
16.4.23.9

File size:
317.2 KB (324,840 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/19/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=InstallVibes, O=InstallVibes, STREET=Ehad Haam 21 St., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=6515103, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00F29201EBC1EAD2B751F2854AD68C6244

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/21/2014 11:08:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:phy579BvPxiiLbii5bkgVuN+xSKV7Wkrsf7LsmBE7dVe2dKSveo0A0Zos:/y579pJvXikbkgaISKVGMCkKSveVLGs

Entry address:
0x2EC6

Entry point:
E8, 10, 53, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 18, 6C, 41, 00, E8, 94, 32, 00, 00, E8, E1, 54, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, A3, 52, 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, 62, 4A, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.8346

Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

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

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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