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Nano Surfer

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 Nano Surfer has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from j.versscom.net.
Publisher:
Nano Surfer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c3f67bb753c5c11b5feec72f00ae3388

SHA-1:
80881f5e99bdc469d9ad82c73d766e4f9888110f

SHA-256:
02a52420149b389404a0f14c93874b78febdf557c8a9f5345e1d71e67d667739

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:
11/23/2024 10:53:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.NanoSurf.Installer (M)
16.5.19.21

File size:
464.8 KB (475,992 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Nano Surfer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Nano Surfer, O=Nano Surfer, 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:
4C3408B948BFE38825B699D7ED92B282

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 4:22:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CpBbkwoUF6DG1s15Ap/G/8/3D0Fw/tN8dkmLtpHHHrh7:CTkwow6DG6j8/z0FmcLbH1

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9739

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://j.versscom.net/inst/software/CF2ACE29-115D-4662-8718-375CC82A9509/.../installer.exe

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