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setup.exe

Mega Browse

This is the installer and setup program from the Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse 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:
Mega Browse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ff671ffede31f964eefc2a1c2af6720c

SHA-1:
bf3f72c86d98cc277cbefbdd47f78f7d7bb17d33

SHA-256:
f695d45f6ead2a800126d1046ff7ba546feba0b42b4b26c1d1923e76ed3ffa02

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:42:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
17897

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.28
9.0.1.066

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.9511

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
3/13/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11422

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.4207

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MegaBrowse.A
v2014.03.13.04

McAfee
Artemis!FF671FFEDE31
5600.7192

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd
0.28.0.58101

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MegaBrowse.F
14.3.19.0

Rising Antivirus
NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF
23.00.65.14305

Sophos
Generic PUA LC
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0307
7.2.72

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
27158

File size:
2.7 MB (2,840,032 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:
Mega Browse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/21/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mega Browse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mega Browse, 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:
151F3F44EFA5ADB264205FBF9F779B3D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:x2WF85AdRiOtxQhz0gVG6NEnN7BHcWHL39H+M0MeAik4j0gYHoXzUbd5Wl8f:kWu5WR/vQhz0uMNVHLtJfik41YHoXzU5

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:
7.9987

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.megabrowse.biz/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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