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00000003

Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd.

This is the Amonetize download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The file 00000003 by Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) 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 Amonetize Downloader installer. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.1.5.55

MD5:
8789ab6c9214cadc6eda236e6e0775a4

SHA-1:
f20885c5400909aeb140288962c600ee9440eede

SHA-256:
25597d2ef739143800e471a3e5714eda4bcd7660e6247feb91f97577aaba1739

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 11:53:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonetize.ShetefSolutionsConsulting1998.Bundler (M)
16.2.7.19

File size:
486.1 KB (497,744 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.5.55

Original file name:
setup.exe

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\baidu\spark\profile\file system\000\t\00\00000003

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd.

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/13/2014 4:02:37 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2015 4:02:37 PM

Subject:
CN=Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd., O=Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd., L=Rannana, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B1B72BCEFC0E8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/30/2014 5:41:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fLFU2oitpf5hCPFZYdfUUjoQ3TGz/Ijij93vx/+fqniFB:f2ztZYRUQZ3uN1vx+fqniFB

Entry address:
0x13CF6

Entry point:
E8, A8, 75, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, BC, A1, 3B, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 5E, 4E, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, A8, 4C, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 60, F5, FF, FF, 59, 59, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 75, 01, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, BC, A1, 3B, 00, FF, 15, F8, 10, 3B, 00, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, BC, A1, 3B, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 14, 4E, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 5E, 4C, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 16, F5, FF, FF, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.3783

Code size:
191 KB (195,584 bytes)

The file 00000003 has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.winvlc-dd.com/dd2.html?prefix=VLCMediaPlayer&version=1.1.5.55&ci=3954&capp=MediaPlayer&ti1=[clickID]

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=11021-500184407422000000&pid=11021&q=voiture

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