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Somoto Israel

This is the Somoto BetterInstaller, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The file 00000000 by Somoto Israel has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Somoto Israel  (signed and verified)

MD5:
19ad7f44d5221c2bdf6eebaf561a0cf1

SHA-1:
9a3aa1cd86d769fc9753ac7bbb00f8f40e8e8efa

SHA-256:
afb2cae8666fade4b513ebbe2cf601770d8a033af5226f77aa9ab43b4700d0f1

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
4/19/2024 11:52:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
857

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Adware/Somoto.237016
2014.07.05

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Somoto.fses
7.11.158.148

avast!
Win32:Somoto-O [PUP]
2014.9-141001

AVG
InstallCore
2015.0.3335

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
1.0.20.1370

Clam AntiVirus
Trojan.Agent-267630
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Somoto.DTL
18771

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop4.11744
9.0.1.0274

ESET NOD32
Win32/Somoto
8.10048

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Somoto
11.2014-01-10_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.Somoto
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12626

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Somoto.A
v2014.10.01.01

McAfee
Artemis!19AD7F44D522
5600.6991

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
15.0.0.822

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Nsis.Mazel.cwhyud
0.28.0.60577

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.10.01.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Downloader.394
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SomotoIsrael.I
14.10.1.1

Sophos
Somoto BetterInstaller
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
30978

File size:
231.5 KB (237,016 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\opera software\opera stable\file system\001\t\00\00000000

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Israel

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/8/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2018 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Somoto Israel, O=Somoto Israel, STREET=Habarzel 32, L=Tel Aviv, S=--, PostalCode=69700, C=IL

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

Serial number:
74F2E607D2905C0E3EA9C8AB59942D25

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2010 3:14:15 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:XJ380oEUsGMY0Zq5YLD3j/KnHyD1uprNg9zgAPQ:XF80oEUsG7MLbj/KnH5Ng9zI

Entry address:
0x380C

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, E8, 87, 4D, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, 2A, 4A, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 9B, 4D, 00, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 28, F9, 42, 00, E8, B1, 28, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, D8, F9, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FE, FF, FF, 50, 6A, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, E8, E0, 4C, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 4D, A2, 40, 00, 68, 08, FA, 42, 00, E8, EF, 2A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 18, E8, E6, 49, 00, 00, 52, 52, 50, 68, 00, 80, 43, 00, E8, DA, 2A, 00, 00, 57, 6A, 00, E8, 29, 49, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Code size:
30 KB (30,720 bytes)

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