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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 free desktop clock.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:
cd7584e76111db722635e6923043aedb

SHA-1:
efeee05c168f38e296f1fc922e37314db17a3495

SHA-256:
6200ff671f1541b755cdf4060a5998e29a448b6c219e1931cf7e00b6eb5e50f1

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 '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:
5/7/2024 7:16:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Somoto (M)
16.8.29.7

File size:
2.3 MB (2,383,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\free desktop clock.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:ws+Pf0Lt7gpyO+gPh2EDCs6/bKKJOCJ0yIHWqvl+iV5DFK5:UfvpFPAEe4KICYNh5Ry

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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