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whitesmokewriterpro.exe

WhiteSmoke Inc

The application whitesmokewriterpro.exe by WhiteSmoke Inc has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.google.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
WhiteSmoke Inc  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.00.7001.0

MD5:
83360ea3da66866a7c681953b585e53d

SHA-1:
ed52080a41013c498bcfd3dead0d16de0ae51c4a

SHA-256:
3a51b504ef3759d0ef0ae975cac051ec9c292ace698a8b3e5754d0c3aaaae788

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 7:56:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150124

ESET NOD32
Win32/WhiteSmoke (variant)
9.10851

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WhiteSmoke
15.1.24.10

File size:
7.4 MB (7,711,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\whitesmokewriterpro.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WhiteSmoke Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/6/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 7:59:59 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:
2/24/2012 2:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:AklZkBsO1wEuZAQXiUMvZVoOiFgZOsH6ytFxlvu9MW9o:Ak4FwEuZvSUFFgZBK9MH

Entry address:
0x3814

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 10, 70, 8A, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, A4, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 89, 44, 00, E8, FA, 28, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 68, 88, 44, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 3C, 50, 53, 68, 1F, 8B, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 81, 40, 00, 68, 14, 8B, 40, 00, 68, 60, 48, 44, 00, E8, 24, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, 50, 10, 47, 00, 57, E8, 12, 26...
 
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Entropy:
7.9993

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
27 KB (27,648 bytes)

The file whitesmokewriterpro.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://.../WhiteSmokeWriterPro.exe&source=gmail&ust=1473182851751000&usg=AFQjCNFt_m7pMFsyex3S62QtT9oHL9k45w

http://get.whitesmoke.com/WhiteSmokeWriterPro.exe

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