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SITE ON SPOT 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 setup.exe by SITE ON SPOT has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from sub.kagdilaetropen.com.
Publisher:
SITE ON SPOT Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
ae62fb9070a5b01c7e49c741ed51318f

SHA-1:
2ad22dbdfd9da1f2c86f92a6cbca37226d23be0c

SHA-256:
af61b6da577d493ec6cc7abca2ad4fbc0be0b8a2ca2aa6fd8e178ae56ba0e2cb

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
5/2/2024 7:46:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/Somoto
2015.03.16

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Somoto.hzis
7.11.217.78

avast!
Somoto-P [PUP]
150303-0

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.DFF
2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Somoto
4.0.3.15315

ESET NOD32
Win32/Somoto.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.200.15263

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.Mazel
14.0.0.2344

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SITEONSPOT
15.3.15.5

Sophos
PUA 'Somoto BetterInstaller'
5.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37788

File size:
420.3 KB (430,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SITE ON SPOT Ltd.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/28/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/29/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SITE ON SPOT Ltd., O=SITE ON SPOT Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=NA, C=IL

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

Serial number:
3EE11B140A803DE260823157A875B8C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 7:50:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BFPcbOJfCEXJpVjhvLDJfP6M1tMx8e7jkYkC:BFPNr5Bv3BPp1tMae7gY

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:
7.9411

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://sub.kagdilaetropen.com/installers/bi_downloader/.../setup.exe

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