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7zip.exe

Useful Software

This is the Verti bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application 7zip.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.getfreesoft.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.1.174

MD5:
3fb3dc018f72898e51f03c643aa471b3

SHA-1:
072164e99fcdb72abf18677c0f677bfbca2f74fb

SHA-256:
8cb096a2d6eb0322fd66d7ffe4258e0b0612661a86805de79c27add67b76b6ae

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
12/25/2024 1:39:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller
2015.02.07

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.208.20

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3201

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Verti.JBT
20985

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11135

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Verti
2/11/2015

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.8.6.0

McAfee
Artemis!3FB3DC018F72
5600.6857

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Verti.dmncmr
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150211

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.11.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti
15.2.11.16

Sophos
Generic PUA AH
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0206
7.2.42

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
37316

File size:
360.8 KB (369,480 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.174

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\7zip.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/18/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/18/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Useful Software, O=Useful Software, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, 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:
142135C80AA62D0F15501B4128FC6AEE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2015 3:20:36 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:E3NlPYFMITLl1kiKDJrf8Ep1RwqTjDUfG7ezksIbdF+fB81zBoZRvQpnGE38/U2K:EdCFfL/KDhfN1RfXU+7BsIbT+581FIQn

Entry address:
0x16D580

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, EE, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8410

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
332 KB (339,968 bytes)

The file 7zip.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://inst.getfreesoft.net/dl/27/20174/27/.../

http://inst.getfreesoft.net/dl/27/14518/51/.../

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