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Somoto Israel

This is the Somoto BetterInstaller, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The file 00000000 by Somoto Israel has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from go34down.com.
Publisher:
Somoto Israel  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7b07071549bbb85304b3e95eed0512ef

SHA-1:
f2b7094fc244f38e384d0b384ce960430d949a5e

SHA-256:
a37c5a3c826415cc24f9b68e42d166bb71b002de07a55ad7a6388225acbfccb8

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Somoto 'BetterInstaller' to bundle additional (unwanted) software during install without adequate consent.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 5:47:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
754

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-AppCare/Somoto.236920.B
2014.09.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Somoto.fses
7.11.175.114

avast!
Win32:Somoto-O [PUP]
2014.9-150111

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3232

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Somoto
4.0.3.15111

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
1.0.20.55

Clam AntiVirus
Trojan.Agent-267630
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Somoto.DTL
19655

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop4.11744
9.0.1.011

ESET NOD32
Win32/Somoto
9.10482

F-Prot
W32/SomotoBetterInstaller.C.
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Somoto
11.2015-11-01_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.Somoto
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13521

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Somoto
v2015.01.11.07

McAfee
Artemis!7B07071549BB
5600.6888

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
16.0.0.33

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Nsis.Mazel.cwhyud
0.28.2.62286

nProtect
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
14.09.29.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
15.01.11.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Application.074
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SomotoIsrael.I
15.1.11.19

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17504437!391136311
23.00.65.15109

Sophos
Somoto BetterInstaller
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.Somoto/Variant
10121

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
33526

File size:
231.4 KB (236,920 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\default\file system\011\t\00\00000000

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Israel

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/8/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2018 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Somoto Israel, O=Somoto Israel, STREET=Habarzel 32, L=Tel Aviv, S=--, PostalCode=69700, C=IL

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

Serial number:
74F2E607D2905C0E3EA9C8AB59942D25

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2010 9:14:15 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:oJ380oIGMY0Zq3i/jgEcXgRCAhT+TtkgAPN:oF80oIG7sgEcXICAtOkl

Entry address:
0x380C

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, E8, 87, 4D, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, 2A, 4A, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 9B, 4D, 00, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 28, F9, 42, 00, E8, B1, 28, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, D8, F9, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FE, FF, FF, 50, 6A, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, E8, E0, 4C, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 4D, A2, 40, 00, 68, 08, FA, 42, 00, E8, EF, 2A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 18, E8, E6, 49, 00, 00, 52, 52, 50, 68, 00, 80, 43, 00, E8, DA, 2A, 00, 00, 57, 6A, 00, E8, 29, 49, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Code size:
30 KB (30,720 bytes)

The file 00000000 has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://go34down.com/.../HugeFiles_downloader-9NF7XTEy.exe

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