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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 pdfcreatorsetup-n4yyw7gwy.exe by Somoto has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Somoto Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
28a361b3afbd2a5e35bd0e2f7d487546

SHA-1:
ac4021c809fbcae53cd6b670603e8159d1623300

SHA-256:
7c7e142d50c7fa3b1971c04730a874eea60605adeb62c3264093b28e3ca46afb

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/24/2024 8:28:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Somoto.J
887

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-AppCare/Downloader.227072
2014.08.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Somoto.Gen2
7.11.170.24

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3365

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Somoto
4.0.3.1491

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Somoto.J
1.0.20.1220

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Somoto
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Somoto.CK
19353

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.Somoto
8.14.09.01.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/Somoto
8.10337

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Somoto.J
11.2014-01-09_2

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Downloader.Somoto
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13198

McAfee
Artemis!28A361B3AFBD
5600.7021

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Somoto.J
15.0.0.732

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Adware.dbnhrj
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.09.01.02

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Application.6bb
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Somoto.Z
14.9.1.2

Sophos
Generic PUA KM
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.Somoto/Variant
10387

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R08NH07HT14
7.2.244

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
32658

File size:
220 KB (225,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pdfcreatorsetup-n4yyw7gwy.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Somoto Ltd.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/2/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/3/2015 12:59:59 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 9:14:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:SA0m3D0oSfS58zo3wnO6ACEHJEYX5oHUA/f:SA0iD0oSq54MTmY20+f

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:
7.7523  (probably packed)

Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

The file pdfcreatorsetup-n4yyw7gwy.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://fsoft4down.com/.../FLVPlayer_downloader-N357yWkCx.exe

http://fileandmore.com/.../PDFCreatorSetup-N4yyw7GwY.exe

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