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Somoto Israel Ltd.

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 00000001 by Somoto Israel 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 Somoto BetterInstaller installer.
Publisher:
Somoto Israel Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
449c68ab431f90c6708f4d431cb090af

SHA-1:
5f0f7a93e32e9471e3c16d4afb7ad97018ff9892

SHA-256:
374b8594d6955529210c11b96838519b1a1cb8f8dc40922113ab5ade3cfe0108

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.

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 2:38:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto (M)
16.12.6.18

File size:
403.3 KB (413,016 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\default\file system\001\t\00\00000001

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Israel Ltd.

Authority:
Somoto Israel Ltd.

Valid from:
1/28/2015 5:45:34 PM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 6:05:34 PM

Subject:
CN=Somoto Israel Ltd., OU="", O=Somoto Israel Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Somoto Israel Ltd., OU="", O=Somoto Israel Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Serial number:
66193B5EACC01CB140D8D920D06C3660

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2010 12:14:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

Entry address:
0x39AC

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, E8, 97, 46, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, 42, 43, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, AB, 46, 00, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 88, 4C, 42, 00, E8, B1, 28, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 38, 4D, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FE, FF, FF, 50, 6A, 00, 68, A4, A2, 40, 00, E8, F0, 45, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, A5, A2, 40, 00, 68, 68, 4D, 42, 00, E8, EF, 2A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 18, E8, FE, 42, 00, 00, 52, 52, 50, 68, 00, D0, 42, 00, E8, DA, 2A, 00, 00, 57, 6A, 00, E8, 39, 42, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.8983  (probably packed)

Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

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