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aceraceuninstaller.exe

matinooch

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 matinooch 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.acerace.net.
Publisher:
matinooch  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
e9d7107828bd8a95deb3c70034bc48e8

SHA-1:
c4f7d4baeeb8eea253537cefbfd26f1fca94e69d

SHA-256:
cc1560625160ddf1b9ac5324f97d9e3afa60aa92948e940927bcfd748fa69c3f

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 4:31:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.matinooch.Installer (M)
16.2.22.2

File size:
542.7 KB (555,760 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:
matinooch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/2/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/3/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=matinooch, O=matinooch, 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:
5F6686B82CD125EC971480A26348C35D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/3/2015 8:27:03 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:G+PzDqjSlZwbx4w8aGAR190LDf9gEgxMSpghqv9ev:LiYf/uEcpgh09ev

Entry address:
0x85A7E

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

Code size:
527 KB (539,648 bytes)

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

http://install.acerace.net/ud

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