onlineweathersetup-nedrobjwe.exe

Somoto Ltd.

Somoto uses a monetization platform known as the 'Better Installer' to provide the ability of 3rd party developers to bundle various adware packages through an affiliate pay-per-install program. The application onlineweathersetup-nedrobjwe.exe by Somoto has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer. Includes the Somoto BetterInstaller, an adware installer that will bundle offers for additional third party applications, mostly adware toolbars, with legitimate softare and may be installed without adequate user consent.
Publisher:
Somoto Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d475470f7b1f8b9b25ed92f7a799e874

SHA-1:
aeaa8194e37503be59af7bab80a460ff5f3a6513

SHA-256:
075a209c84e448daa122996047c9df36d6b76e4be37a70c464a38b78e04df724

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Somoto 'BetterInstaller' to bundle additional (unwanted) software during install without adequate consent.

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 2:47:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Somoto.J
826

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/Somoto
2014.10.03

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Somoto.Gen2
7.11.176.96

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3304

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Somoto
4.0.3.14111

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Somoto.J
1.0.20.1525

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Somoto
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Somoto.CK
19687

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28357
9.0.1.0305

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.Somoto
8.14.11.01.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/Somoto
8.10503

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Somoto.J
11.2014-01-11_7

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13550

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3015

McAfee
Artemis!D475470F7B1F
5600.6960

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Somoto.J
15.0.0.915

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Adware.dbnhrj
0.28.2.62440

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.225256
14.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Chgt.E
14.11.01.02

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.Radar03.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.Agent.r7 (Not a Virus)
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Somoto.CC
14.11.1.2

Sophos
Somoto BetterInstaller
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.Somoto/Variant
10265

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R03AC0EIR14
7.2.305

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R03AC0EIR14
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
33618

File size:
220 KB (225,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\onlineweathersetup-nedrobjwe.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/2/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/3/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Somoto Ltd., O=Somoto Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6A0C39D0252522A9C448352858ACAACB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2010 4:14:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:yA0m3D0od0yG17GPXtDS7lE2YnNTj8PbQEZx:yA0iD0od0IPXtEw5j6/r

Entry address:
0x39AC

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, E8, 97, 46, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, 42, 43, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, AB, 46, 00, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 88, 4C, 42, 00, E8, B1, 28, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 38, 4D, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FE, FF, FF, 50, 6A, 00, 68, A4, A2, 40, 00, E8, F0, 45, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, A5, A2, 40, 00, 68, 68, 4D, 42, 00, E8, EF, 2A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 18, E8, FE, 42, 00, 00, 52, 52, 50, 68, 00, D0, 42, 00, E8, DA, 2A, 00, 00, 57, 6A, 00, E8, 39, 42, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.7509  (probably packed)

Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

The file onlineweathersetup-nedrobjwe.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://fileandmore.com/.../VideoConverterSetup-N0aJUyADP.exe

http://fsoft4down.com/.../FreeZip_downloader-NdN9RrePw.exe

http://fsoft4down.com/.../FLVPlayer_downloader-N8iCdWFI7.exe

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