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vlcsetup.exe

KBM2 Installer

sterkly LLC

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application vlcsetup.exe by sterkly has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from api.kbm2.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address api.yontoo.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
sterkly LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
KBM2 Installer

Version:
2.1.0.2

MD5:
3b4f73c8d991ab1ec04433f22c88da3a

SHA-1:
73a6ffb6381a46bc58bf303d7599900dc60f422b

SHA-256:
458fc5d86ddc5d4fc24088b77a4968b1faceb2775652c55c6105f339700f39e9

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:
4/25/2024 7:47:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.sterkly.Installer (M)
16.4.25.19

File size:
531.6 KB (544,376 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.0.2

Copyright:
(c) Sterkly LLC. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
KBM2.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
sterkly LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/26/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/25/2013 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=sterkly LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=sterkly LLC, L=Carlsbad, 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:
136DB6717AA1462B8176971FE58FEBD6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/13/2012 10:08:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:n14Cv009mWBuGW9Zq2+W2ihRqRyNjfzy7GdjWKOZ3Na+QOXu:nWC/muPvW2PRyMdZA+QOXu

Entry address:
0x3948A

Entry point:
E8, A4, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, D0, FB, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 2B, 6D, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 85, F6, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 61, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, 6F, 33, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 02, 73, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 48, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, FC, 6D, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C7, FF, 75, 0C, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4A, 2F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, BB, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 25, 33, 00, 00, 6A...
 
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Entropy:
6.2675

Code size:
338 KB (346,112 bytes)

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

http://api.kbm2.com/downloadLauncher.ashx?cid=367

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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