flightsim_rocketfuelinstaller.exe

Verti Technology Group, Inc.

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 flightsim_rocketfuelinstaller.exe by Verti Technology Group 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.vertitechnologygroup.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Verti Technology Group, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.143.0

MD5:
a9fb6f9acf80ec4cd6f5bb326045ffc6

SHA-1:
89d64c6209f033b45755222213bf19179d6453b6

SHA-256:
77bb39f3273f6085a7b937d93313b0e16374db9cc5079c7a7e46cbed78ea9462

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:
12/25/2024 12:45:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.VertiTec.Bundler (M)
16.4.7.10

File size:
498.8 KB (510,800 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.143.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/14/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Verti Technology Group, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Verti Technology Group, Inc.", 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:
2F53536EA4011E81FBFFD28C4B0BEB6F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2013 2:26:17 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:FHTsDNpXT9JdoMWSCgIdkQ/fp5gsGP71PzBoL/xsTkKFYUI4Q6nuZ9eG:FmNxT7ddWSseQ/fp5gsGP71PzBoL/xsC

Entry address:
0x3063F

Entry point:
E8, CD, 9F, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 38, 51, 46, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 3C, 51, 46, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, E6, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A0, 52, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, D3, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A4, 52, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.4518

Code size:
288.5 KB (295,424 bytes)

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

http://inst.vertitechnologygroup.com/dl/33/17699/33/.../

http://inst.vertitechnologygroup.com/dl/33/17703/33/.../

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