pageragesetup.exe

Yontoo Layers Runtime

Theme Your World 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 pageragesetup.exe by Theme Your World has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. 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 download.pagerage.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address api.yontoo.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Yontoo LLC  (signed by Theme Your World LLC)

Product:
Yontoo Layers Runtime

Description:
Installer

Version:
2011.6.7.1503

MD5:
7f5517d980ec3b553e6e41c02f624cc1

SHA-1:
7f1997770d8956265c8fe12980e432e688bd641e

SHA-256:
d70028c03b1dac32410b619386cac2e23237596f78b7873e8dd604ebba102a99

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
11/27/2024 1:59:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Plugin
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Yontoo.Gen
7.11.153.78

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Yontoo
4.0.3.14724

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
18450

Dr.Web
Adware.Siggen.24249
9.0.1.0205

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Yontoo (variant)
8.9902

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/KHOSNPC
7/24/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Yontoo
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Norman
Agent.VBAZ.dropper
11.20140724

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.845
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ThemeYourWorld.N
14.8.7.20

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
30000

File size:
657.1 KB (672,896 bytes)

Product version:
1.10.01

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2011 Yontoo LLC. All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pageragesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/9/2011 2:38:01 PM

Valid to:
5/9/2012 2:38:01 PM

Subject:
CN=Theme Your World LLC, O=Theme Your World 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:
080229C2AD472D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/19/2010 7:08:13 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:uI0Omj7dKHFqcHCUz+brjGVoypaBpgSCoJ7BJqC6wmWQQvJU4Et2+Rxom9Ir:UvAHxHCU6bruoWsmSD6Cz7deOhr

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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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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

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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