setup.exe

InstallVibes

This is the installer and setup program from the InstallVibes 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 InstallVibes has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
InstallVibes  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9e0b69dbacc018776a0d4b753c53d243

SHA-1:
bc85ec8a05fc02d547bd626cb453be6a85fd44c9

SHA-256:
ecd5888112afdda7c6c04c56a0e75ec110074249fcfdb56528e753ca8c96cf1f

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:
1/13/2025 5:52:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.7.25.8

File size:
317.3 KB (324,864 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/19/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=InstallVibes, O=InstallVibes, STREET=Ehad Haam 21 St., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=6515103, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00F29201EBC1EAD2B751F2854AD68C6244

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/9/2014 9:42:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:+0YjywDhq1doBLbii5bkgVuN+xSKV7Wkrsf7LsOSfXVB8KC9bB:+0AywDhwdiXikbkgaISKVJXv8z9N

Entry address:
0x2E49

Entry point:
E8, 6F, 47, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F8, 6B, 41, 00, E8, F1, 23, 00, 00, E8, 40, 49, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 02, 47, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, C1, 3E, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.8362

Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

The file setup.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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