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videoplayersom0.exe

Precision Codec

South Star Financial Co Limited

The application videoplayersom0.exe, “Powered by BetterInstaller” by South Star Financial Co Limited has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer. Includes the Somoto BetterInstaller, an adware installer that will bundle offers for additional third party applications, mostly adware toolbars, with legitimate softare and may be installed without adequate user consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1n1jkxit75ocw.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
South Star Financial Co Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Precision Codec

Description:
Powered by BetterInstaller

Version:
1.2.0.0

MD5:
6e680d991dd9d2ed74bc701861653cd3

SHA-1:
863f2e77f3d15549b551b86c27d984c468875df8

SHA-256:
4f93fa3ce81276b176b8758e9de747d21dcda6b553529b400bc787e02ff54127

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Somoto 'BetterInstaller' to bundle additional (unwanted) software during install without adequate consent.

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:
11/12/2024 6:36:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Somoto.Gen2
7.11.115.36

avast!
Win32:Somoto-B [PUP]
2014.9-140730

Baidu Antivirus
Somoto.Win32
4.0.3.14730

Dr.Web
Adware.Somoto.8
9.0.1.0211

ESET NOD32
Win32/Somoto (variant)
8.9084

F-Prot
W32/SomotoBetterInstaller.A
v6.4.7.1.166

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Somoto
v2014.07.30.05

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/Somoto.A
15.0.0.633

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SouthStarFinancialCoLimited.P
14.8.8.0

Sophos
Somoto BetterInstaller
4.95

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_SOMOTO
7.2.211

Trend Micro
ADW_SOMOTO
10.465.30

VIPRE Antivirus
BetterInstaller
23628

File size:
140.1 KB (143,496 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\videoplayersom0.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
South Star Financial Co Limited

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/31/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/31/2013 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=South Star Financial Co Limited, O=South Star Financial Co Limited, L=Belize City, S=Belize, C=BZ

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
282440A02852AD67749E9D6A83BC0812

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:kQIURTXJNXRFfurbUc1SOlcaem324CO8cdzy8wDrfqy2AUWcnVF47:ksXRFfUQcIOl9324n98x2A5OO

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4975

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file videoplayersom0.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d1n1jkxit75ocw.cloudfront.net/.../VideoPlayerSom0.exe

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