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aceraceuninstaller.exe

Ace Race

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application aceraceuninstaller.exe by Ace Race 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.acerace.net.
Publisher:
Ace Race  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
36ad86df8dc586951a9ace84dc400995

SHA-1:
52cacd09472777a94c0a06fe3f0a8d8c95ef6aa9

SHA-256:
fe42cd5cc9fd8b40f761b68055321fb992dd21e2a8cbb9d7ad57607e010256a4

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:
12/27/2024 4:52:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.AceRace.Installer (M)
16.5.19.10

File size:
541.7 KB (554,736 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
ace race Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ace Race

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 1:59:59 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:
1/28/2015 11:27:34 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:gPzDqjCtPkz2eIg9Ai190jdNeDXQOFQpthjvTS1:8ghezejopthDTS1

Entry address:
0x8569F

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

Code size:
526 KB (538,624 bytes)

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

http://install.acerace.net/ud

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