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:
1487138a197c303859a75c286998174c

SHA-1:
c6255419ae06a3b27128af5aa62cdf8eb85970ff

SHA-256:
a0234431e6deee197a7e96866d41e70efa93e548429cbe46b81b77b822dc96ea

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 11:00:21 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.18

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 9:30:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 9:29:59 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 11:35:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

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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Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 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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