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hometab.exe

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 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 d1pg43ots40sgg.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
Simply Tech Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6ac39bb97fa8332834561c70adb21eed

SHA-1:
f72fe68d795177d2221e252535a391e5d82f067a

SHA-256:
c63f921ddc70507da31e660ed5237c78eb0a6937dd10d810861b10de7eba072a

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:
11/23/2024 4:43:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Widdit.SimplyTe.Bundler (M)
16.4.10.13

File size:
3.6 MB (3,750,096 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Widdit Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\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:
12/20/2011 3:16:50 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:5CI/aHVn4mJFstR9w9dmSdGrlMN5TRdVWiCaSVhrG:5eHVnDJeR9wLmQGqXbsiJU

Entry address:
0x16478

Entry point:
F8, 77, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6C, 78, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 79, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, D8, 78, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, B4, 79, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, B4, 79, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, B4, 79, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, B4, 79, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, B4, 79, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, B4, 79, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 24, 7A, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 72, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 08, 7B, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 78, 7B, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 7C, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, D0, 7C, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
84 KB (86,016 bytes)

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

http://d1pg43ots40sgg.cloudfront.net/bundle/HomeTab/.../HomeTab.exe

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