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facesmooch23a.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 facesmooch23a.exe 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)

MD5:
ea7b2fd0f20a3c3b4e866c5a4e7ae250

SHA-1:
2b7fe65f5c73e68c76227f050abde2cd4d071b7d

SHA-256:
6f16c20e368db70cf148b8a8b52c62c9abee72677cf46c925210f01164d44280

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:
4/26/2024 2:53:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto.SomotoIsrael.Bundler (M)
16.1.16.7

File size:
111.8 KB (114,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\facesmooch23a.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Israel Ltd.

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
2/23/2010 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2012 6:59:59 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 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:0QpQ5EP0ijnRTXJTzQ4zLBq+EWEYUqs/k/QyMLqrkRpIqO33AZA:0QIURTXJTzQe0+EWEnqW6Qygqry85

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:
7.5235

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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