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whtsmksetup.exe

Montiera Technologies LTD

It is part of the Montiera web browser toolbar monetization platform which injects browser search and advertising within the user's web browser. The application whtsmksetup.exe by Montiera Technologies has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Whitesmoke Search Protect by whitesmoke. This file is typically installed with the program Whitesmoke Search Protect by WhiteSmoke which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Pay By Ads LTD  (signed by Montiera Technologies LTD)

Version:
1.3.0.0

MD5:
d4db46034cf02f2b616b14de9cbdbd5e

SHA-1:
84004418598757db7f38c06574b07afbfc16b8fe

SHA-256:
d3bcfa4646e4fdb0610abc5a7d27b83a68d3f135cc98e632340236162568e840

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 1:45:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.534379
467

AVG
Montiera
2016.0.2945

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Montiera
4.0.3.151025

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.534379
1.0.20.1490

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.534379
8.15.10.25.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.R potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11244

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Kazy.534379
11.2015-25-10_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.534379
15.10.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WhiteSmoke.A
v2015.10.25.04

McAfee
Artemis!D4DB46034CF0
5600.6601

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.534379
16.0.0.894

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Montiera.MontieraTechnologies.Installer (M)
15.10.25.16

Sophos
PayByAds
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Montiera
37964

File size:
383.4 KB (392,584 bytes)

Copyright:
All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\whitesmoke\whitesmoke\1.3.12.5\whtsmksetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Montiera Technologies LTD

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/22/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Montiera Technologies LTD, O=Montiera Technologies LTD, STREET=Harbert Samuel 46, L=Tel Aviv, S=Gush Dan, PostalCode=6330303, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00CCD3CD85F8C32F5C3FF9264E1A57C07D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/31/2014 1:26:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:gnSVzE608NCWQhhkl+TCBHpCM8oQoDZvwqeTGBEK3NJ+qaNQBcjlt13P0:+SVw63NCWwkl+TKHpCfoQo9vwqeTGqKx

Entry address:
0x2E0D0

Entry point:
E8, 35, 74, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, B8, 4F, 60, 43, 00, A3, A0, 50, 45, 00, C7, 05, A4, 50, 45, 00, 45, 57, 43, 00, C7, 05, A8, 50, 45, 00, F9, 56, 43, 00, C7, 05, AC, 50, 45, 00, 32, 57, 43, 00, C7, 05, B0, 50, 45, 00, 9B, 56, 43, 00, A3, B4, 50, 45, 00, C7, 05, B8, 50, 45, 00, C7, 5F, 43, 00, C7, 05, BC, 50, 45, 00, B7, 56, 43, 00, C7, 05, C0, 50, 45, 00, 19, 56, 43, 00, C7, 05, C4, 50, 45, 00, A5, 55, 43, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, E8, 96, FF, FF, FF, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 05, E8, 23, 7F, 00, 00, DB...
 
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Entropy:
6.3516

Code size:
262.5 KB (268,800 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Whitesmoke Search Protect

Display publisher:
whitesmoke

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\whitesmoke\whitesmoke\1.3.12.5\whtsmksetup.exe" \uninstl


The file whtsmksetup.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Whitesmoke Search Protect  by WhiteSmoke
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