setup.exe

Site on Spot Limited

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 Limited has been detected as adware by 7 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from sub.holahopper.com.
Publisher:
Site on Spot Limited  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
d9665e27c0f867d454959d9dcfbce611

SHA-1:
52a47f624743cc5e1a3c33079a0af812ebfada28

SHA-256:
85fbd46a16db46ee7a149c7111c638a2ddf68a180981efade1590ca80149ae6c

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
5/3/2024 12:09:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.DFF
2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Somoto
4.0.3.1532

ESET NOD32
Win32/Somoto.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173093
5.13.68

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Somoto
15.5.3.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37788

File size:
418.3 KB (428,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\9ntrn9yo\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/28/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/10/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Site on Spot Limited, O=Site on Spot Limited, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
477E336D7B42EDDDED42DABF6FAB572F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ZFBvAKU76+M2zDfTiGbd53Q91Heb0agdUvzUO:ZFBvA96B2XTiMdg+tg6vzUO

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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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.

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