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

MD5:
c6673f867f71f6ea52154813507d0507

SHA-1:
e8f15edcd8a43a15d5cc4021f2fe20c001567db7

SHA-256:
03924ea411afe5380bb20040e84dadd4e8f149fdf52950d3d35001ef178cf08c

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:
4/20/2024 4:55:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.InstallVibes.Installer (M)
16.2.14.7

File size:
263.7 KB (270,056 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 6:59:59 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:
2/6/2015 9:05:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:jjkKZWygHY/PlI4pNsDhKhlLXIvWt8OhE025grUN9r+xmI3VeiYxfCPEe5ZAI3hi:Pn04pqdgXIvWuylfrUiNe/

Entry address:
0x2F8B

Entry point:
E8, 47, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 15, 6C, 10, 41, 00, 6A, 01, A3, AC, 96, 41, 00, E8, 94, 45, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 29, 45, 00, 00, 83, 3D, AC, 96, 41, 00, 00, 59, 59, 75, 08, 6A, 01, E8, 7A, 45, 00, 00, 59, 68, 09, 04, 00, C0, E8, F7, 44, 00, 00, 59, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 03, 00, 00, 6A, 17, E8, 64, C2, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 05, 6A, 02, 59, CD, 29, A3, 90, 94, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 8C, 94, 41, 00, 89, 15, 88, 94, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 84, 94, 41, 00, 89, 35, 80, 94, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 7C...
 
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Entropy:
7.5415

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 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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