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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 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.apps-for-free.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.6

MD5:
ffd2e8aa78ed84a694ad2e93021e1df2

SHA-1:
f49d76506b8fe64597620694bb4f9e433b0fca66

SHA-256:
4e4669e8c24256884fe178ea226a1506ecff47252b5d902fa19323d365922616

Scanner detections:
9 / 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 12:00:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Usefus
2015.0.3428

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.4150
9.0.1.0181

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9837

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
6/30/2014

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of 7zip.exe (Adware)
2014.8.26.21

McAfee
Artemis!39C6A445194B
5600.7084

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.L
14.6.30.5

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0605
7.2.181

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
29512

File size:
340.9 KB (349,112 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.6

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 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 3:59:59 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:
5/22/2014 11:54:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ECilri4EyDkgx5Hf2+LXqruUG081E7LUzZAK/CqoA5p6v2qAPzBoL/xsTkKFW4xS:orzXqruUGf2nUzZA+CqoA5p6v2qAPzBU

Entry address:
0x21F35

Entry point:
E8, 86, A5, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 38, AB, 44, 00, E8, 55, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, C6, 9E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 14, F7, 44, 00, BA, 10, F7, 44, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, A7, B4, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, 9E, B4, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 44, 2C, 00, 00, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, 92, 9D, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 04, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.5013

Code size:
211 KB (216,064 bytes)

The file mastergamer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://inst.apps-for-free.net/dl/394/23180/5867/.../

http://i.apps-for-free.net/stub/.../MasterGamer.exe

http://inst.apps-for-free.net/dl/394/24108/5867/.../

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