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Sea Bug

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application Installer.exe by Sea Bug has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program LookThisUp by Sea Bug, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from d32k27yvyi4kmv.cloudfront.net. While running, it connects to the Internet address www.ibbalance.com on port 443.
Publisher:
Sea Bug  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
c7951651cb1529e137ca3687c2ba3851

SHA-1:
0493f9d091e9240a4c07e139dcea84d9b7852a9a

SHA-256:
27e6be20ac52e418675bf536f60a05ea7847c7765965c01525b2bbf2970fb639

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:
11/17/2024 9:24:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.10.11.14

File size:
201.1 KB (205,968 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sea Bug

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
7/25/2014 3:59:04 PM

Valid to:
7/25/2015 3:59:04 PM

Subject:
CN=Sea Bug, O=Sea Bug, L=Orange, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
081CF04D6E5726

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/31/2014 2:03:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:MasMAeCC0KrK4RE68r2TvtpC3hWtz3gebop+gsfmPfu6Q0k1cGaUvRgfaH:MfI0KO4CLr2TvzCR0DTbHezmfvmfaH

Entry address:
0x30D1E

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.6007

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

Code size:
187.5 KB (192,000 bytes)

The file Installer.exe has been discovered within the following program.

LookThisUp  by Sea Bug, LLC
LookThisUp is an adware Internet extension that will inject advertisements to the browser on web pages that are not affiliated with the ads or the extension. Ads will be places as new ads that would not normally appear.
lookthisup.net
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The file Installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d32k27yvyi4kmv.cloudfront.net/.../Installer.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to stats-182385724-1591972470.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com  (54.221.252.69:80)

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