Setup.exe

Smart Applications

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file Setup.exe by Smart Applications has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser. The file has been seen being downloaded from pc.getspeedbrowser.com.
Publisher:
Smart Applications  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ad6ed6413f746688ff4e89233fe6925b

SHA-1:
be74b5c5d10b101edf9541f424d5b38424dcd906

SHA-256:
9f6ce028f91da9fd4bde6a97e82a583b4f6bf97195ce57fbe0a8f43a4ce59cd3

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
5/27/2024 2:02:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.PullUpdate
4.0.3.1559

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
22038

Dr.Web
Adware.Yontoo.68
9.0.1.0129

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.J.gen (variant)
9.11594

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
5/9/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.203.15838

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.FastBrowser.A
v2015.05.09.11

McAfee
Artemis!AD6ED6413F74
5600.6770

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Yontoo.dqgtsc
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
PUP/SpeedBrowser
15.05.09.11

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Sophos
Pull Update
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R02PC0ODQ15
7.2.129

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R02PC0ODQ15
10.465.09

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
40044

File size:
1.4 MB (1,498,272 bytes)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/14/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Applications, O=Smart Applications, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

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:
4CF1C880A6746C7D0CDCB1393793A057

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 3:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zGBR+lLAjhsh5pkbRnQD49mO5IcAZ7HDUDMWLeAugk6Ne6ONMegFk71nEz:SqLAjhszpmWD0ic6UDMWLX5k6N+NxtS

Entry address:
0x30FA

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, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9800

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

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