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Chromatic

Site on Spot Ltd.

This is part of 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 application chromatic.exe by Site on Spot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Chromatic’.
Publisher:
The Chromatic Authors  (signed by Site on Spot Ltd.)

Product:
Chromatic

Version:
39.0.2171.99

MD5:
d5732d16b5260e531a7e317578ab80d0

SHA-1:
f8d333fd14ed3a6c597edfe456350d6e733869c3

SHA-256:
b1fa9b552a45bc71d7954980cb79f02ca918c88be02fe97025fecd8dfab6e97d

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.

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 7:27:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto (M)
17.3.1.0

File size:
838.1 KB (858,240 bytes)

Product version:
39.0.2171.99

Copyright:
Copyright 2014 The Chromatic Authors. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
chrome.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\chromatic\application\chromatic.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Site on Spot Ltd.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/7/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/13/2015 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Site on Spot Ltd., O=Site on Spot Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
07621A29054B7D0FC199D39E45691241

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/18/2015 12:53:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x45EB4

Entry point:
E8, 2B, D0, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 99, F7, 7D, 0C, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 08, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 0B, C8, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 75, 09, 8B, 44, 24, 04, F7, E1, C2, 10, 00, 53, F7, E1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, 64, 24, 14, 03, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, E1, 03, D3, 5B, C2, 10, 00, A1, 84, 7A, 49, 00, 56, 6A, 14, 5E, 85, C0, 75, 07, B8, 00, 02, 00, 00, EB, 06, 3B, C6, 7D, 07, 8B, C6, A3, 84, 7A, 49, 00, 6A, 04, 50, E8, 00, 51, 00, 00, A3, 80, 7A, 49, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0...
 
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Entropy:
6.3655

Code size:
392.5 KB (401,920 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Chromatic

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\chromatic\application\chromatic.exe --restore-last-session


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