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cheatengine63_downloader-ieedgjfwt.exe

Somoto Ltd.

Somoto uses a monetization platform known as the 'Better Installer' to provide the ability of 3rd party developers to bundle various adware packages through an affiliate pay-per-install program. The application cheatengine63_downloader-ieedgjfwt.exe by Somoto has been detected as adware by 21 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 www.cheatengine.org.
Publisher:
Somoto Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6409e43a39d0f2ee30e3ea9527bfdd4a

SHA-1:
189b42cf6f89fa6cf28c46f75dfa6829e9afd89c

SHA-256:
940b03186b718f495446f1d8bda9449a9915cc7c2f7effb4730514a0a5b92980

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
4/25/2024 8:06:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
780

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/Somoto
2014.12.10

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Somoto.fses
7.11.193.210

avast!
Win32:Somoto-O [PUP]
2014.9-141217

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3258

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Somoto
4.0.3.141217

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
1.0.20.1755

Bkav FE
HW32.Packed
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Trojan.Agent-267630
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop4.11744
9.0.1.0351

ESET NOD32
Win32/Somoto
8.10852

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Somoto
11.2014-17-12_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.Somoto
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Downloader
t3scan.1.8.5.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2783

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Somoto.I
15.0.0.1053

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Nsis.Mazel.cwhyud
0.28.6.63850

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Application.5d6
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto.c
14.12.17.9

Sophos
Somoto BetterInstaller
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
35582

File size:
700.4 KB (717,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cheatengine63_downloader-ieedgjfwt.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Ltd.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/2/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/3/2015 1:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6A0C39D0252522A9C448352858ACAACB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2010 10:14:15 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:wF80onG7mEr8DLk/wD50D80NU+0735EZCBrwk9cSlQgrkbHxR+dS43/rr5evO3K:wFdoGrqLRCNUh73QCBrTvrMHxGUvO3K

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)

The file cheatengine63_downloader-ieedgjfwt.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.cheatengine.org/.../CheatEngine63_downloader-IeEDGJFWt.exe

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