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setup.exe

Somoto Israel

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 Somoto Israel has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Somoto BetterInstaller installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from daghp0xwyrz44.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Somoto Israel (signed and verified)

MD5:

8f4ed9a53703c50dc5b62f04d49f504a

SHA-1:

a5eeced5d0a893334f8b79f5a6fd7bfa01005860

SHA-256:

e0fbc58d93c04968f7d3118301ecab680d3039ca297f14c68ceeac609d0ca051

Scanner detections:

3 / 68

Status:

Adware

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:

4/24/2024 8:10:10 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.SomotoIsrael.F

14.8.7.17

SUPERAntiSpyware

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader

10901

XVirus List

Win32.Detected

2.8.7

File size:

203.5 KB (208,352 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:

Somoto Israel

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

7/7/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/8/2018 8:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Somoto Israel, O=Somoto Israel, STREET=Habarzel 32, L=Tel Aviv, S=--, PostalCode=69700, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

74F2E607D2905C0E3EA9C8AB59942D25

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/5/2009 8:50:52 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:ae34nAOY0ZqZxczzubapAgb3C86ugMkN4:0sK6axb3C/uz84

Entry address:

0x30FA

Entry point:

81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00... 
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Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://daghp0xwyrz44.cloudfront.net/installers/bi_downloader/.../setup.exe

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http://d1ejo8k5edq4h.cloudfront.net/installers/bi_downloader/.../setup.exe

http://d593sq4yjr2fh.cloudfront.net/installers/bi_downloader/.../setup.exe

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