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00000003

Mocal

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 00000003 by Mocal 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.policedecriture.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Mocal  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4551b5e1e92aad86d1f9608b15c3f8ed

SHA-1:
06ba40fbc3f31c19bea458bc622e5ad836f5429b

SHA-256:
f41936abd1828c7ee4a656f2e4f412da56383d934c8774d3d9f2892d6cf582d2

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 '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:
4/25/2024 4:24:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto.Mocal.Bundler (M)
16.3.22.3

File size:
291.2 KB (298,144 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\default\file system\002\t\00\00000003

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mocal

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/10/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/11/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Mocal, O=Mocal, STREET=Bendstr. 18, L=Aachen, S=NRW, PostalCode=52066, C=DE

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

Serial number:
0765B6A8C03E3F98B22046A6D2373518

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):
6144:vA0m3D0oJr9qHh5Obh/ydgrlwqJwTwTHadOMIBEGui:vA0iD0oJrwEdyarqt0T6dORELi

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)

The file 00000003 has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.policedecriture.com/.../Aspire_downloader-Qa48nweZH.exe

http://www.policedecriture.com/.../DuCahier2Pc_downloader-I5BrkbEp6.exe

http://www.policedecriture.com/.../DeRoos_downloader-Q78R1eozX.exe

http://www.policedecriture.com/.../Artemon_downloader-I0ucT68Kl.exe

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