wildwestsetup.exe

Wild West

This is the installer and setup program from the Wild West 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 Windows service that will update the software with additional features. The application wildwestsetup.exe by Wild West 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.
Publisher:
Wild West  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e8acf1b57e012908a1f9c203d75d8a0b

SHA-1:
cb0ab0684d395316e748eca7c7f34f1dbd7c0ad7

SHA-256:
fd39b6f482f90b994f9705e1d6b8f9f34beb80a6e622db26d920cbf18bbedbd2

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:
12/26/2024 6:13:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.WildWest.Installer (M)
16.2.17.2

File size:
511 KB (523,280 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Wild West, O=Wild West, 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:
496B67C883386C82B7E6FF63CEFE1466

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 5:52:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:e/eT75Q1s15Aq5ZQ/G/8/3D0Fw/tN8dkmLtpHHHrh75:e2T7i6VzJ8/z0FmcLbH15

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:
7.9774

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file wildwestsetup.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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