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WhiteSmoke Installer

WhiteSmoke Inc

The application grammar-checker.exe by WhiteSmoke Inc has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
WhiteSmoke  (signed by WhiteSmoke Inc)

Product:
WhiteSmoke Installer

Version:
1.1.2.92

MD5:
8f56fc2c8d13a6ed9fb2da752da05be2

SHA-1:
78237d95a16dcc9c549ea9dc7362c7f087976834

SHA-256:
5dd9978f053b0cd516eed327785fe9005d0098c24cc73845d850609bdfafcf54

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 11:03:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/InstallCore.Gen
8.3.1.6

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3062

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6979

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.3
9.0.1.0182

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.K potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11856

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
7/1/2015

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.I.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.Dealply
15.7.25

Malwarebytes
Adware.Agent
v2015.07.01.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WhiteSmoke.Installer (M)
15.7.1.7

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GRAYBIRD_0000014.TOMA
7.2.182

File size:
479.3 KB (490,832 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.2.92

Copyright:
five stars

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\grammar-checker.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WhiteSmoke Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/28/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/7/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WhiteSmoke Inc, OU=R&D, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WhiteSmoke Inc, L=New York, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
64048D72F9FFEF12A43FC4F4CEA580E3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VzS8l31+pyWCCgpB1FI5mmVuXhKZv2qPAINFr+kfTzCGzeGbSIjykXwrzMMJY:VJ51N5rg5XVLUqYeFCinCGjSIjyyGMMq

Entry address:
0x10A310

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 49, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, F6, FF, C7, 87, 10, 17, 0B, 00, 65, 17, 51, F0, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.8525

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
444 KB (454,656 bytes)

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