setup.exe

Irrational Number Applications

This is the installer and setup program from the Irrational Number Applications branded Yontoo adware web browser extension. This adware injects various forms of advertisements in the user's web browser based on the HTML content and URLs viewed. Ad include banners, in-line context text links, coupons, and search. The program will install an auto-updating background service that will update the software with additional features. The application setup.exe by Irrational Number Applications has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Irrational Number Applications  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8dc331a4c09abcea1391ced833f5b027

SHA-1:
1d331c5a2d326ea13822414cc41316e9bb05b409

SHA-256:
2192486a25ea07c8490d1f27713a9b7084da1f93b3a5b58427f414ba208803fc

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
12/25/2024 5:29:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150105

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3238

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate
9.10709

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.8.3.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WebShield.A
v2015.01.05.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.Installer
15.6.15.12

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1105
7.2.5

VIPRE Antivirus
Injekt
34724

File size:
3.8 MB (4,023,640 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Irrational Number Applications, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Irrational Number Applications, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

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:
68A3A4FCF1FE292BB14A5717D3754944

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 5:41:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:cOYBrPz9Hnt0kSAO+kqPU9vhs+LEFczsYB9:ctrPzRt0kzO+HSmOz/9

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, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9732

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 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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