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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 application aviraantivirussuite201414_downloader-0r5dtpqm.exe by Somoto Israel has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from d19vrlke2p8e7v.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Somoto Israel  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eda795c8700108af72efcba955cecb47

SHA-1:
ac4248a4ce11ef81f081729b7db2591c4a9ebe52

SHA-256:
be84fda0407734a2c0ccd7959d269d33ea023a9abd6d0269cb86af78b3df8004

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Somoto 'BetterInstaller' to bundle additional (unwanted) software during install without adequate consent.

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:
4/26/2024 8:06:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-AppCare/Somoto.236920.B
14.04.27

avast!
Win32:Somoto-O [PUP]
2014.9-140427

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3491

Clam AntiVirus
Trojan.Agent-267630
0.98/18355

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Somoto.DTL
18166

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop4.11744
9.0.1.0117

ESET NOD32
Win32/Somoto
8.9724

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11888

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Somoto
v2014.04.27.12

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Nsis.Mazel.cwhyud
0.28.0.59492

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.27.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SomotoIsrael.n
14.8.7.17

Sophos
Somoto BetterInstaller
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
BetterInstaller
28606

File size:
231.4 KB (236,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\aviraantivirussuite201414_downloader-0r5dtpqm.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Israel

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/8/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2018 2:59:59 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 12:14:15 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:oJ380oBGMY0ZqKpCCNaTTGtcAy1FOnH03gAPy:oF80oBG7gpCCETKLU3a

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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Entropy:
7.7633  (probably packed)

Code size:
30 KB (30,720 bytes)

The file aviraantivirussuite201414_downloader-0r5dtpqm.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://d19vrlke2p8e7v.cloudfront.net/installers/cli/.../AviraAntivirusSuite201414_downloader-0r5dTpQM.exe

http://logic.bijscode.com/dl?source_slug=qspartnerstvsoi&affiliate_slug=jumbofile&software_name=Avira Antivirus Suite 2014 14.0.0.411 K.rar&software_subtitle=KingFiles.net Download&software_download_url=http://download.filesfrog.com/software_files/vlc/.../vlc-2.0.2-win32.exe

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