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

Version:
1.0.10.111

MD5:
1914f8017c8fd8ac47041425d27f6eb6

SHA-1:
4da36d8b3fcd9c6863d1da1a85e997c831016f8c

SHA-256:
83e8505ed5e32ff034e0082ea78f9b2ca62834788e5265ab8bba25b787d6728b

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
11/24/2024 8:32:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150525

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3098

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.15525

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
22028

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9968
9.0.1.0145

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11589

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
5/25/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.Verti
15.5.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15829

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Useful
v2015.05.25.09

McAfee
Artemis!1914F8017C8F
5600.6754

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.dqegkt
0.30.24.1357

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150525

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.05.25.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.Bundler
15.5.25.21

Sophos
NextUp
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R00UC0EDH15
7.2.145

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R00UC0EDH15
10.465.25

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Verti
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
40020

File size:
363.5 KB (372,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.10.111

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:
11/19/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/19/2016 2:59:59 AM

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:
4/3/2015 8:31:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:vUC7ZyNNuc23cd0rL0VnZI7MDvwbZZ6dIjuqk0nzuisOMOyIa6MRvQpn6WP6/U2m:cC7ZjcScU4Vnmx4ddb0KiWIa1Qt6/U2m

Entry address:
0x16D5A0

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:
7.8415

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 3 URLs.

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/42/20078/42/.../

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/42/20078/42/.../

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/42/20078/42/.../

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