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whitesmokewritertrial.exe

WhiteSmoke Inc

The application whitesmokewritertrial.exe by WhiteSmoke Inc has been detected as adware by 2 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 get.whitesmoke.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
WhiteSmoke Inc  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.00.6034.13143

MD5:
ab390ac492056f5d672d578045e6930d

SHA-1:
b8c339a4f665801d5fa12d944eeafcba998b98d2

SHA-256:
c3e6d05d5df3cac92811200fc01acdf65771e54d328215850cb52461857f1f0f

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:16:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/WhiteSmoke (variant)
8.10321

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WhiteSmoke.V
14.9.1.11

File size:
7.2 MB (7,538,072 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\whitesmokewritertrial.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:DQODgp8RFNbeWEnClRLDPGvZaQNzplxSNo5:0OXFZsCRLDPGv8OfgNk

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:
7.9995

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
27 KB (27,648 bytes)

The file whitesmokewritertrial.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 22 URLs.

http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/.../WhiteSmokeInstaller_9112.exe

http://www.whitesmoke.com/affiliateRedirection.php?d=45&a=549&r=5904

http://www.whitesmoke.com/.../?id=9

http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/.../WhiteSmokeInstaller_9413.exe

http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/.../WhiteSmokeInstaller_9470.exe

http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/.../WhiteSmokeInstaller_9840.exe

http://www.whitesmoke.com/whitesmoke_chrome_extension_step2

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

http://get.whitesmoke.com/WhiteSmokeStub4100.exe

http://get.whitesmoke.com/.../WhiteSmokeInstaller_9430.exe

http://.../getfile.php?file=http://.../WhiteSmoke_Enrichment_Full.exe

http://get.whitesmoke.com/WhiteSmoke Enrichment Full.exe

http://get.whitesmoke.com/?oca=210&ocd=11&ocr=5838

http://get.whitesmoke.com/getfile.php?file=http://get.whitesmoke.com/.../WhiteSmokeInstaller_9840.exe

http://get.whitesmoke.com/directdownloadis.php?d=3&a=591&r=6020

http://www.whitesmoke.com/affiliateRedirection.php?d=3&a=591&r=6020

http://get.whitesmoke.com/directdownloadis.php?d=45&a=559&r=5922

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

http://get.whitesmoke.com/index.html

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

http://www.whitesmoke.com/affiliateRedirection.php?d=101&a=657&r=6389&mng=am&ins=1.1.4.64&ci=2199&iaff1=9924&ti1=[Click-ID]

http://www.whitesmoke.com/affiliateRedirection.php?d=45&a=559&r=5922

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