dqsoftfreechess.exe

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 application dqsoftfreechess.exe by Somoto Israel has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Somoto Israel Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8c0fa896b63dc88a2a78c09f8b96c705

SHA-1:
1ecd1e9ed87dcded5799c23f7f8a4fd0982e3df9

SHA-256:
71cffbe12821034e23af2dd5cb6b76e882e74c2c8368705399409dc757cf0404

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 12:33:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Somoto.1
9.0.1.0212

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto.SomotoIsrael.Bundler (M)
15.7.31.22

File size:
2.2 MB (2,323,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\dqsoftfreechess.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
2/23/2010 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2012 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Somoto Israel Ltd., O=Somoto Israel Ltd., STREET=Eilat 61/2401, L=Tel Aviv, S=--, PostalCode=66845, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
009324E7B7AAA5711B11734FF41E4A3D57

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:jb9uF6or7V9vThFpufy9bA0PIueHUuWECK0wwvUuNjDfu:fEr7V9RP9bBPcg7KSxXu

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9966

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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