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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:
77fcec65b9a289f421c999a4e1bc3f03

SHA-1:
5a0b7f5332ea93eb690118f7c87f5c66970f9424

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 4:10:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.AceRace.Installer (M)
16.2.15.0

File size:
539.2 KB (552,176 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
ace race Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\documents and settings\user\moje dokumenty\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:
1/16/2015 9:29:16 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:oRPzDqjPQoaEpcj9wAD19029Svp9V26pthqvCY:ff4CO2pHpth0CY

Entry address:
0x84DF8

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 80, 0E, 00, 00, 00, 10, 13, 00, 80, 10, 00, 00, 00, 8A, 13, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 42, 16, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 60, 00, 00, 80, 03, 00, 00, 00, AC, 01, 00, 80, 04, 00, 00, 00, 38, 07, 00, 80, 05, 00, 00, 00, 44, 0A, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 78, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
523.5 KB (536,064 bytes)

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

http://install.acerace.net/ud

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