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hometab.exe

HomeTab

Simply Tech Ltd

One Floor App (Simply Tech/Widdit) distributes and bundles potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) using its OneFloorApp install manager (SimplyInstaller). The application hometab.exe, “HomeTab Setup ” by Simply Tech has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Widdit Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from network.adsmarket.com.
Publisher:
Simply Tech Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
HomeTab

Description:
HomeTab Setup

Version:
7.7

MD5:
3b47ebe23bac652c8cf5cf23479805e0

SHA-1:
d89e8245585a98c260823913d9ecf4222dc541f7

SHA-256:
0fb15a74e72de75d0919baddbeada4cb686def4daa5db9965acb2afa125aa4df

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/9/2025 8:45:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HomeTab.SimpyTech (M)
16.8.6.0

File size:
899.8 KB (921,376 bytes)

Product version:
7.7

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2012, www.simplytech.com

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Widdit Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hometab.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Simply Tech Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/3/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/4/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Simply Tech Ltd, O=Simply Tech Ltd, STREET=10 Zarhin street, L=Raanana, S=Raanana, PostalCode=43662, C=IL

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

Serial number:
1FC78D842B3886BB8D32517578F7489C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2012 10:41:29 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:93MjhnZ888888888888W88888888888mAKWY2fHMi0ICTvk24V/bx6lYGyuEHZao:BMjh26zCTvDEiYGy5SXHqUVneOH7

Entry address:
0x16478

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, B8, 52, 41, 00, E8, AC, 03, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 45, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 01, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, AB, 41, 00, E8, 56, EC, FF, FF, E8, FD, E7, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 7F, 84, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, E8, D6, 41, 00, E8, E2, E9, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.8863

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
84 KB (86,016 bytes)

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

http://network.adsmarket.com/.../jGhpmGOcqZeOaXCYX8p6w4iQap1hpHqVjmKYmmCigJeJkHKZZ597w49hbppmnA?dp=10161_365875192

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