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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 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.awesome-downloads.com.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.12.181

MD5:
e186e0ec7cae3f4cb63c42c3abd915df

SHA-1:
632f50aeedb6d036239e5ed25ad62c8cb552cfee

SHA-256:
889069b08345249ec80660de2e95b42401fc31568405f4a42cab0dec2cc05261

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 9:49:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150430

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3124

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.15430

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9817
9.0.1.0120

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11554

G Data
Win32.Application.Verti
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 399491.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.30.3

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15753

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Verti.dptfbk
0.30.24.1357

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150430

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.30.05

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Verti.Bundler
15.4.30.1

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Verti
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
39804

File size:
363.5 KB (372,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.12.181

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:
4/17/2015 12:09:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:i3NlPYFMITLl1kiKDJrf8Ep1RwqTjDUfG7ezksIbdF+fB8CAUE739FqdFk/U28v:idCFfL/KDhfN1RfXU+7BsIbT+58/Uo9U

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:
7.8419

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 URL.

http://i.awesome-downloads.com/stub/UINST/.../7zip.exe

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