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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. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
clipqube  (signed and verified)

MD5:
24a196fa369ef0872e60eb8f058baac9

SHA-1:
a092081b4a05ababd8a5fc60b6979bff676a32e3

SHA-256:
a3218dde5e41bd8baecbc02e4f761ae49fc8af656dedbceb65defec9ef4f7f00

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:
5/31/2024 10:33:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.15.15

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:
10/31/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/19/2015 12:59:59 AM

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 1:23:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

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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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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