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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:
b07785ae65444cdbb9ad32fa460e84e9

SHA-1:
a23da0536bdb54ed127083ce7e79a251dd48eb30

SHA-256:
55bb9cc3a47d3ed0a60263250bd9e106bd5d9d905a64be0def8522d92d205498

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 2:46:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto (M)
17.2.22.4

File size:
403.4 KB (413,032 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\default\file system\002\t\00\00000001

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Israel Ltd.

Authority:
Somoto Israel Ltd.

Valid from:
1/28/2015 9:45:34 PM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 10:05:34 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 4:14:12 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:
7.8987  (probably packed)

Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

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