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Rollnon

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 boost.exe by Rollnon 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 the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Rollnon  (signed and verified)

MD5:
05066bc45251ec2d249521e2710b27a9

SHA-1:
999ccddaaa4c386bdb83d7135261edce679ba234

SHA-256:
8c59ae2cdac06ec75a9319c84583779a125f350a7ab36bf6cb32e0fd5d4e3e7f

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 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:
12/23/2024 11:15:15 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
16.11.7.15

File size:
881.9 KB (903,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\boost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Rollnon

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/3/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Rollnon, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Rollnon, 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:
38DB31E5040834D048DA19B96D864789

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:UaqJqQccN6K/xhCbZeFC5mpCP7iQzDvVOPc4gprYBwUYphXjhrywpyLODSj:UJCKgZB5yCDzDYW2sXjhmwp1Sj

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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