» hometab.exe
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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.

File name:

hometab.exe

Publisher:

Simply Tech Ltd (signed and verified)

Product:

HomeTab

Description:

HomeTab Setup

Version:

7.5

MD5:

5c30716a18cd5d68cf906ec4fa7c0618

SHA-1:

ec16ba11614827864217e1ca3241b4ac8d085770

SHA-256:

8cd095389c799a3d7f122af93b03d2653bdcbd77fccc724e6e0757fb9d31720a

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 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:

12/23/2024 11:05:10 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Widdit (M)

17.3.15.14

File size:

897.7 KB (919,248 bytes)

Product version:

7.5

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Widdit Setup

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Simply Tech Ltd

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

4/4/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

4/5/2014 1:59:59 AM

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 3:41:29 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

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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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

84 KB (86,016 bytes)

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