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 self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
InstallVibes  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cf72258b04600afad4765bb3bdfd4fe5

SHA-1:
5419dec50d213181877a4fb5ac3611243bf80925

SHA-256:
254404d61030433b5e1d4ecd07321a5897c5723b07c7bc2b70224eae6e86f536

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:
4/19/2024 12:38:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.7

File size:
264.3 KB (270,592 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:
3/20/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 12:59:59 AM

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:
7/14/2014 5:03:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x5B9F

Entry point:
E8, D8, 47, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, A8, C3, 41, 00, E8, CB, 1D, 00, 00, E8, B4, 2E, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 6B, 47, 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, 2A, 3F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
83 KB (84,992 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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