updateacerace.exe

Ace Race

Part of the Yontoo web browser plugin (delivers advertisements to the web browser in the form of injected banners, text-links, popups, etc.) the updater mechanism for Ace Race will automatically keep the extension patched by downloaded new functionality which is auto-enabled by default. The application updateacerace.exe by Ace Race has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update ace race”. This file is typically installed with the program ace race by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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:
Ace Race  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5499.709

MD5:
3df1b457f737bc8e218a8595965ddb1b

SHA-1:
96a078cd6c10a2b426e0676345b7c81d1e7d67ec

SHA-256:
855fdd9835ab15e0c264ddc5b99ad93491a38ab10d546a6ab723608b2cca9d97

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo adware web browser extension update process.

Analysis date:
10/7/2024 4:08:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
6382076

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen
2015.01.21

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.203.220

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3223

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15121

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
1.0.20.105

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-fd98e666
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
5.13.68

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.191.14711

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AceRace.A
v2015.01.21.08

McAfee
BrowseFox-FTQ
5600.6879

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
16.0.0.63

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
15.01.21.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.Service
15.1.21.5

File size:
516.7 KB (529,136 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5499.709

Original file name:
acerace2015012108.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ace race\updateacerace.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/7/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ace Race, O=Ace Race, L=Santa Monica, 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:
47DF877938071D6194F321723076892E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/21/2015 2:23:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xx5WMMvyUdt86x+3J9nFZr1zmRPTU3H6ern:xyPaUE3Jxr1zm4

Entry address:
0x80E8A

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.9332

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
508 KB (520,192 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update ace race

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file updateacerace.exe has been discovered within the following program.

ace race  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
Ace Race is an ad-supported program that will display third-party advertisements in the form of coupons, price-comparisons, display media, affiliate links, banners, popups/popunders and other links through means including but not limited to the content of any web page accessed, plug-ins, add-ons, or the browser itself.
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