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ClickYes

The application setup.exe by ClickYes 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 an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from chachagong8.com.
Publisher:
ClickYes  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9b0442533810441ab5405ff6af167ac2

SHA-1:
9e20617ee86f713723dd4038fdd8ecef7330ec66

SHA-256:
0e158993f4780e87e3e3284b81ba44d8f075c1c0dbae6e4916b4443d1d62cbad

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 12:04:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AdGazelle.ClickYes.Installer (M)
16.4.2.9

File size:
1.2 MB (1,232,360 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClickYes

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/17/2015 2:13:38 PM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 2:13:38 PM

Subject:
CN=ClickYes, O=ClickYes, L=Las Vegas, S=Nevada, 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:
2A0E61ED1AE79E56

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/9/2015 9:43:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:10yVi3a8YvcZ7G4IU24M5ldxcpmiJDDQFiVmSCQFMoZpjTdcQrIeM:KyGaLvcpG4IlXX2pPDscrFMoZpjJNrIB

Entry address:
0x35B7

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B4, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 05, 47, 00, E8, 62, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, 00, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 24, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 0C, 86, 40, 00, 68, 00, 85, 46, 00, E8, 32, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 20, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9125

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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

http://chachagong8.com/.../cw?enc=ZjZiMmJhZDVlOTBiNDk5ODllMzc0NTQzYzUzZDEwNTMdFAUQWEMGBFwBAVUBXQ8KAAAHBgMCVlEAVgFSB1IAUVMHW1NSVkYZR09XQA4bDwFaUQtUUAdWUFYDB10JVg0CUANTVgMAVgxXAAdXDQ4bFBsMQxUOFwMFTQYDSgMDDB1XAFcQTkMMRhEbCkBXUVhbUQRUWFpSDB0AWl5eCQAXH0RTGkJAW1IGUA4BUwYKAAELVwEOBA0MA08XVwZWEg9dE1oOHkAKAUxHAxJRBA8ICwEEBgFQDAwHUwxWBQBSUwZVVVBRB1VXU1IAUkAYG1VIWkcJFQUAFh9BVkNGCxIVHDUUThAXEwgXXxtYFkBJAxcWBldZGkZFUAdbAUpSX1gcIFoDQQo-NFkEQFUQa2pcTEwVHU1dRRYfQUZBBxMKF0AFaQNRQE1GUQhXElgWWlFZWg1SUFtbUwtNVlwJExwXQw9DQAhAQ0gXC1QSWBYbFRpaCEMVDhcGA1YDAFETHBdeAltACEATC1tHFRIWUUtUGgNHERsWVFdHQQ8RRh0SWVEKFFgQQE1GVg0bCkAWFRtIW0cJFQUHAwRTDAZcBQUEB1UDVwFSVlEHRxUSBFobAxpKAEdCRBtRSwYXH0ZSXVFARAxAEE5DB1ZHAxI3ZxsVGkoKEQ1SVFhABhkRB1JHQRFcB04QDAIHQhEbClIYG0tIG18RUQMEDFFSA1IAVVNWBwdQWgtWVVcHVQsCW1ULCwAAVgMVGBdVQAdeEV5fRVlfGw

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