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setup.exe

wisen wizard

This is the installer and setup program from the wisen wizard 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 wisen wizard has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
wisen wizard  (signed and verified)

MD5:
49956c15480650e7a65d198d612cfd1d

SHA-1:
99a25b24e005d4d19b68615c5b10eae5140fba26

SHA-256:
5d871e55092fc8445a5ad6ca73d319238bcaa16761f546cb62b555217b9f86b3

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:48:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
18102

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.40
9.0.1.0109

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.9672

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
4/19/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.BrowseFox
14.4.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3994

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Wisenwizard.A
v2014.04.19.02

McAfee
Artemis!49956C154806
5600.7156

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqvnby
0.28.0.59048

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.wisenwizard.F
14.4.19.2

Rising Antivirus
NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF
23.00.65.14417

Sophos
Generic PUA JJ
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
10657

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0412
7.2.109

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
28214

File size:
2 MB (2,061,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
wisen wizard

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=wisen wizard, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=wisen wizard, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
60C10E74C549776A696451A95399F2D5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 1:52:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:WRU6F8RH2oAz3S9Jhtv6z0gyMlFho2/G+0vm7ROXPpz0hTjmceax0NBU6l8Y:Wdu52Ghx6z0IrhT/2vm7I/GJDyzOY

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9973

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://install-cdn.wisenwizard.net/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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