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

Version:
1.0.12.62

MD5:
3e47a7642c2ed435fa369604ca313dea

SHA-1:
d942a22247b1f925437326b61d97e6b079b41877

SHA-256:
c0cdf7f77b5b2892361cfed011ff62603cf56d8161534699a9f065813e6bc53d

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
2/25/2025 2:16:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller
2015.04.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150803

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3118

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.1555

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9968
9.0.1.0125

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11518

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
5/5/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.Verti
15.5.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of mediaplayerclassic.exe (Adware)
2015.8.3.21

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15685

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Useful
v2015.05.05.04

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.dqegkt
0.30.20.1219

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150505

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.05.05.04

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Verti.Bundler
15.5.5.12

Sophos
NextUp
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Verti
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
39604

File size:
363.5 KB (372,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.12.62

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 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/18/2016 3:59:59 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 8:10:04 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:gUC7ZyNNuc23cd0rL0VnZI7MDvwbZZ6dIjuqk0nzuisO5duIGdDdRpXmz/U2Ei:3C7ZjcScU4Vnmx4ddb0Ki3YhBdR9mz/F

Entry address:
0x16D570

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:
7.8408

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://inst.awesome-downloads.com/dl/27/20174/27/.../

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