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Somoto Israel Ltd.

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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer.
Publisher:
Somoto Israel Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
278b5daae0602601e739647f78bacd5a

SHA-1:
a05c49ea3bffa9362d166606c677baaedb02663a

SHA-256:
701fdcc4c53e7086e7630e784a2a9ed6e3427867d34ae66c73a5fbf7e9aafda9

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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/5/2024 9:51:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto (M)
16.10.31.17

File size:
403.4 KB (413,032 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\default\file system\005\t\00\00000000

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Israel Ltd.

Authority:
Somoto Israel Ltd.

Valid from:
1/28/2015 3:45:34 PM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 4:05:34 PM

Subject:
CN=Somoto Israel Ltd., OU="", O=Somoto Israel Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Somoto Israel Ltd., OU="", O=Somoto Israel Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Serial number:
66193B5EACC01CB140D8D920D06C3660

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2010 10:14:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:gA0i50G699HTF0+I3hrvUzID1orHi7Mh4xe:gAfyG4QNUzIJVMUe

Entry address:
0x39AC

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, E8, 97, 46, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, 42, 43, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, AB, 46, 00, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 88, 4C, 42, 00, E8, B1, 28, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 38, 4D, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FE, FF, FF, 50, 6A, 00, 68, A4, A2, 40, 00, E8, F0, 45, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, A5, A2, 40, 00, 68, 68, 4D, 42, 00, E8, EF, 2A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 18, E8, FE, 42, 00, 00, 52, 52, 50, 68, 00, D0, 42, 00, E8, DA, 2A, 00, 00, 57, 6A, 00, E8, 39, 42, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

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