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buzzdocksetup.exe

Buzzdock

Alactro LLC

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application buzzdocksetup.exe by Alactro 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address api.yontoo.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Alactro LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Buzzdock

Description:
Installer

Version:
2013.2.13.1208

MD5:
58f53b95b653ef27d2977e84b3c8a9b3

SHA-1:
14be128ac240e4ddde3dbb556d1e67af9435536c

SHA-256:
75d0ccca5cc34d45ab683bcfc7887238f0349eac8395544ca8cec4cdccf4a96b

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:
11/14/2024 9:38:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.Alactro.Installer (M)
16.5.7.21

File size:
1005.6 KB (1,029,752 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.1.1

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2012 Alactro LLC. All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\buzzdocksetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Alactro LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/16/2012 3:01:43 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2013 4:13:23 AM

Subject:
CN=Alactro LLC, O=Alactro LLC, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
046CAA7E02C7FB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/11/2011 9:55:32 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:PbfU+kwHuBT8RMieIypOk3RFFtBomcD7J0aUPVjG:AJXiRM7DBlumc2aiy

Entry address:
0x1627

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 58, 0B, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, A8, F4, FF, FF, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 00, 40, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 85, B8, FC, FF, FF, 50, C7, 85, B8, FC, FF, FF, 14, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 21, FF, 15, 14, 30, 40, 00, 50, 68, 30, 34, 40, 00, E8, 40, FA, FF, FF, 59, C7, 05, 04, 40, 40, 00, FF, 00, 00, 00, E9, C5, 01, 00, 00, 68, 1C, 34, 40, 00, 68, 0C, 34, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 50, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9677

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wac.edgecastcdn.net  (72.21.81.13:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to service.yontoo.com  (8.25.35.148:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to api.yontoo.com  (8.25.35.15:80)

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