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whitesmokewritersponsored.exe

WhiteSmoke Writer V8

WhiteSmoke Inc

The application whitesmokewritersponsored.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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
WhiteSmoke Ltd.  (signed by WhiteSmoke Inc)

Product:
WhiteSmoke Writer V8

Version:
8.0.0.61

MD5:
36c6fa37e26d795f38ccbb4617789da4

SHA-1:
0e6560a049e41d7483db1dfe9871dabce5ab4506

SHA-256:
3d7decf0d1f32e98dc51820ecd6c914640562242667da27e0a287caf1dc25606

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:
11/2/2024 5:14:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WhiteSmoke (M)
17.1.18.19

File size:
3.5 MB (3,664,688 bytes)

Product version:
8.0.0.61

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\whitesmokewritersponsored.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WhiteSmoke Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/7/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WhiteSmoke Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WhiteSmoke Inc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
55439B87CB55E81147C072F06F4F77EF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 10:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x3814

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 10, 70, 8A, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, A4, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 89, 44, 00, E8, FA, 28, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 68, 88, 44, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 3C, 50, 53, 68, 1F, 8B, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 81, 40, 00, 68, 14, 8B, 40, 00, 68, 60, 48, 44, 00, E8, 24, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, 50, 10, 47, 00, 57, E8, 12, 26...
 
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Entropy:
7.9981

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
27 KB (27,648 bytes)

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