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blinkxbeat.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 blinkxbeat.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
9345de4a0a43ba32a714cb8433ed25a9

SHA-1:
474d888bc234a8faadcf8e4a74c8b35e6920098b

SHA-256:
e1ef1df56c4647a5457dafce7dfe0a9a2783aaa0b587a661ced03325fd23e70e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
12/24/2024 1:12:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.UsefulSo.Bundler (M)
16.6.20.7

File size:
367.5 KB (376,272 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\blinkxbeat.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/13/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Useful Software, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, 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:
7DB9B4E338BDCF4F909F675C098B0E76

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/21/2014 12:09:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Z4+MixC0NSs6FHtHwotSUOF5bGiExOEO71TgSAOr5LqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVy5p6ah:ZF+0cNt/MUOFQ5xYaSV5LqE1cxfro7zC

Entry address:
0x226E1

Entry point:
E8, 7E, A7, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 90, 10, 45, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 09, 86, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, EB, B3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.3847

Code size:
220 KB (225,280 bytes)

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