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Ace Race

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module acerace.dll by Ace Race has been detected as adware by 35 anti-malware scanners. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.acerace.net.
Publisher:
Ace Race  (signed and verified)

Product:
ace race

Version:
1.0.0.6

MD5:
107455af385be75bc219b61f048066a7

SHA-1:
53aeaddadfc2ceb6aad785307543ef5adfb93d10

SHA-256:
3a6b46ca9c8de6b7e15736fe9e996ebddcb727bf4c71cede62a2ef73bb966f22

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:02:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
594

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen
2015.05.03

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.211.22

AVG
BrowseFox.F
2016.0.3072

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15621

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
1.0.20.860

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-245
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM
21978

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1742
9.0.1.0172

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
8.15.06.21.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.O potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11566

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
6/21/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-7bed2e86
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
11.2015-21-06_1

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.203.15785

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.1853

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AceRace.A
v2015.06.21.08

McAfee
Artemis!107455AF385B
5600.6728

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
16.0.0.516

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SwiftBrowse.dlbdsd
0.30.24.1357

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.BB
15.04.30.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.06.21.08

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.MSJDGBTIR.OD5
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.AceRace (M)
15.6.21.4

Sophos
Generic PUA FD
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
9800

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00AL15
7.2.172

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00AL15
10.465.21

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SwiftBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
39894

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.70024
2.0.0.2164

File size:
244.2 KB (250,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.6

Copyright:
(c) ace race. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\ky22kwxw\acerace.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ace Race

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 7:59:59 AM

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:
1/16/2015 4:45:24 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:YdhoOtou61z4NmbXRAIieGJrPf9eAxjN+EIaIsn70G1xQj:YFtou694kLRAXeG7IcgG1xI

Entry address:
0x12854

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 41, 8D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 70, 30, 03, 10, E8, BD, 01, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, C4, 77, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, FC, A4, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.3572

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

The file acerace.dll 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.
acerace.net/support
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The file acerace.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.acerace.net/bed?r=2015011613&bet=3

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