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whitesmokedesktop.exe

WhiteSmoke Desktop

WhiteSmoke Inc

The application whitesmokedesktop.exe by WhiteSmoke Inc has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.google.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
WhiteSmoke  (signed by WhiteSmoke Inc)

Product:
WhiteSmoke Desktop

Description:
Application

Version:
10.0.0.170

MD5:
fada122daa71de8438c89c53bf1129d4

SHA-1:
0fe8cea951494d109f972a8cb4b0f5c8e1b7bb46

SHA-256:
e189cfe582f15aba5c2eb0837d882f0c6191a0de83d506f7bce85f6bcd0e136e

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:
11/30/2024 8:20:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WhiteSmoke (M)
16.10.22.15

File size:
36.2 MB (37,966,344 bytes)

Copyright:
WhiteSmoke © 2016

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WhiteSmoke Inc

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/5/2015 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/4/2017 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WhiteSmoke Inc, O=WhiteSmoke Inc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
1464EFB2CC87AF9A3F855E683C12294D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/25/2016 4:55:54 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:aQJ43u6ayq3GhlXoUAJwxQE0bPaZJRGhh+LpVQckNu00CojT2KS2dTB:a5edUP0bs+ypVkY04XDS2r

Entry address:
0x310F

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 98, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, A8, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, 7C, 2F, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, BE, 98, 72, 40, 00, 56, E8, F8, 2E, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, A0, 70, 40, 00, 8D, 74, 06, 01, 38, 1E, 75, EB, 55, 6A, 09, E8, 4F, 2F, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 48, 2F, 00, 00, A3, 04, E4, 42, 00, FF, 15, 44, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88...
 
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Entropy:
7.9989  (probably packed)

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file whitesmokedesktop.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://.../WhiteSmokeDesktop.exe&source=gmail&ust=1477035966511000&usg=AFQjCNEzVfO5rfmVLH3cyMRYt2CqPk27Kg

http://get.whitesmoke.com/WhiteSmokeDesktop.exe

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