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mastergamer.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 mastergamer.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.allfree-apps.com.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
76796c0e61496a169bbb9ba5338a627f

SHA-1:
4f01b1fd77f91ea01212e0a9df05d1811ef517d1

SHA-256:
30a7e8fec58827aa9bf769ab2872d9a89e594c21ccdc4726c22b486fcfc3a1ef

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
11/27/2024 7:31:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.61722
799

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.09.24

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-141127

AVG
Usefus
2015.0.3277

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.141127

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.61722
1.0.20.1655

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10452

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
11/27/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-b246a77d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-27-11_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.61722
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13463

McAfee
Artemis!76796C0E6149
5600.6933

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.61722
15.0.0.993

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.L
14.11.27.23

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0813
7.2.331

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
33360

File size:
404.1 KB (413,784 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mastergamer.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:
8/8/2014 11:11:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:y3zjz+FsMQzoYjMAFULqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVO5p6aITxWfpBkYzo:uSDAFULqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVO5p6aITCO

Entry address:
0x258D1

Entry point:
E8, AA, AE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 08, 68, 88, 83, 45, 00, E8, 89, 00, 00, 00, FF, 35, 7C, DA, 45, 00, FF, 15, F8, E1, 43, 00, 85, C0, 74, 16, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, D0, EB, 07, 33, C0, 40, C3, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 6A, 08, 68, 68, 83, 45, 00, E8, 51, 00, 00, 00, E8, 9B, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, 40, 78, 85, C0, 74, 16, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, D0, EB, 07, 33, C0, 40, C3, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 61, AF, 00, 00, CC, E8, 73, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, 40, 7C, 85, C0...
 
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Entropy:
6.4551

Code size:
243.5 KB (249,344 bytes)

The file mastergamer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://inst.allfree-apps.com/dl/394/23190/5867/.../

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