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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 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.greatfreesoft.com.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.1.0

MD5:
9eeff633f66fbe76206303fe6398d5fd

SHA-1:
96af99204a8bb2e659fd8ac5a2efecbce42a6d63

SHA-256:
4dcb961216a70ae1ac0d540e994a8f804a790a983de9e7d92a9296a1298c9bde

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:
1/12/2025 5:15:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.206.130

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150202

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3211

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Verti.JBT
20935

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11110

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.8.6.0

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Verti.dmncmr
0.30.0.65070

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti
15.2.2.10

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
37190

File size:
263.3 KB (269,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.0

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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/18/2016 5:59:59 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:
1/29/2015 9:04:18 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:2qn8Hvbbf+1oHgumLTdPqFDSD4MtgtsZjJga0p7foSb/U2cE:Yvbj8LTdPqZSD47tcjMToSb/U2cE

Entry address:
0x16D530

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, EC, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 55, B9, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 21, 95, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9175  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

http://inst.greatfreesoft.com/dl/42/14407/6270/.../

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