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filebulldog.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 filebulldog.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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Somoto Israel Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8fce947930a7b021185111c5e3c43944

SHA-1:
e77cd6651721f1cff636fd70335ec7fae55dc579

SHA-256:
e02c7a66f7cfc5c3bdb57e1965215fa98e9f8d1c01587b1762497b50ba4d7993

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 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 6:54:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto.SomotoIsrael.Bundler (M)
16.2.8.8

File size:
2.2 MB (2,295,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Israel Ltd.

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
2/23/2010 6:00:00 PM

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:tuUFnaV01CUeXnCquwDPPyNJrXjZbx5lA6EoZ9jyQ8nd2HUTz:LF1CUeX5fDPaJLFV5lAQvWQed2HSz

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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