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skywebber_setup.exe

Skywebber

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application skywebber_setup.exe by Skywebber 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address api.yontoo.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Skywebber  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b011ca46ac066321d8ec4b4de45e9e41

SHA-1:
05eaf3f4e623ddddcc3995603e6e8cebb4bcfceb

SHA-256:
8cbb41b0a8315e4d28b62c58c8b962d7bf12e32c77828b69ae664ef0b777bbb9

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 9:59:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.9.1.14

File size:
2.8 MB (2,914,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Skywebber

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Skywebber, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Skywebber, L=San Diego, 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:
06606AB25DD3CD2FC4C1610240BD0EF8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:52:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:XWF8EAdRiOG7eoUz0gZ16KaX7f/ZrgZ8BzkSE4lA/ipYsZ4OwbGhsWl8:XWuEWR/Aaz0Y0KQ7f/1gZ8tTE4a/8yOU

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:
7.9987

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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