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mediaplayerclassic.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 mediaplayerclassic.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.getswfree.net.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.1.118

MD5:
ec46e4070d6a8d879d46d083afba17cd

SHA-1:
109ca3789f6a257e47624120732805d729fdcf54

SHA-256:
b38dab9ccf5db52a930dab07d8e3dea514cddd05a8d227c7f218738dd2030616

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/25/2024 1:06:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller
2015.02.17

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.210.156

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3184

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Verti.JBT
21106

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11186

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Useful
v2015.02.28.05

McAfee
Artemis!EC46E4070D6A
5600.6840

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Verti.dmncmr
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150228

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.28.05

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM11.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti
15.2.28.17

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Verti
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
37628

File size:
360.8 KB (369,480 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.118

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/18/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/18/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Useful Software, 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:
142135C80AA62D0F15501B4128FC6AEE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/9/2015 10:16:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:33NlPYFMITLl1kiKDJrf8Ep1RwqTjDUfG7ezksIbdF+fB8XSYGMrswD/U20n:3dCFfL/KDhfN1RfXU+7BsIbT+58XtrrI

Entry address:
0x16D550

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, EE, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8393

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
332 KB (339,968 bytes)

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

http://inst.getswfree.net/dl/42/14407/6270/.../

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