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

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
a081e6745597d84474db06c1ab7ff4f9

SHA-1:
68b30a0fc9af2730e65cac2d226c0e94783a96b2

SHA-256:
b52aae840abf098af88350d0178841b7d1d6595de11c57ec9ee578336b4f44c8

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:07:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Usefus
2015.0.3406

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9827

G Data
Win32.Trojan.Agent.I6VZNL
14.7.24

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.S
14.7.21.18

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0516
7.2.202

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
29442

File size:
366 KB (374,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

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:
1/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 6:59:59 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:
5/13/2014 1:23:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:iKk02wQjZnnUAHlESM9Pt/IBP4BoHg8dqqkSyorKvEAO9ALqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVo:iL02dncz9F/IBABoHVLv7bALqE1cxfrb

Entry address:
0x22009

Entry point:
E8, 46, A7, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 90, 10, 45, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, D1, 85, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 93, B3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.3794

Code size:
218.5 KB (223,744 bytes)

The file mediaplayerclassic.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://i.great-free-apps.net/stub/.../MediaPlayerClassic.exe

http://i.great-free-apps.net/stub/.../MediaPlayerClassic.exe

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/21114/2449/.../

http://i.vertitechnologygroup.com/stub/.../MediaPlayerClassic.exe

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