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whitesmokesetup-v1.3.exe

WhiteSmoke Inc

The application whitesmokesetup-v1.3.exe by WhiteSmoke Inc has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.whitesmoke.com.
Publisher:
WhiteSmoke Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d830bdf7d00e198c1451d868a58cf116

SHA-1:
26b4620c22c19023e90b3b9f31338d1606c86dfe

SHA-256:
3e0a5630d0e7ff40ce213002e87bf0756368f7537610c5f761ea8eda04448529

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:09:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:WhiteSmoke-A [PUP]
2014.9-140328

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.BWAN
18007

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.LG (variant)
8.9608

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WhiteSmoke.T
14.8.7.22

File size:
689 KB (705,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\whitesmokesetup-v1.3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WhiteSmoke Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/6/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WhiteSmoke Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WhiteSmoke Inc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
55439B87CB55E81147C072F06F4F77EF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:66nvpqJWCLhpDdBDZK3dkT03aqRCcms9E3Ha7saaQWXrkrUt3e0biK11yYcXoXOy:LnvGWCJlZT03FCcIHv7iU71AC

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8358

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file whitesmokesetup-v1.3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.whitesmoke.com/getISfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/.../WhiteSmokeInstaller_9990.exe

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