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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.greatsoftfree.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.10.48

MD5:
dec370d26cb22924fe8bf7910e3431ee

SHA-1:
b1df56f1fab14c7ed0b918b96bc86d66f20d9921

SHA-256:
c365c4ce7cc0f12c63c4f86b82ccec1c58f917baaf73761bfa918cac98e77bd1

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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 2:25:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.UsefulSoftware.Bundler (M)
15.12.10.9

File size:
363.5 KB (372,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.10.48

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:

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:
4/3/2015 11:33:35 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:dSbElrOd6I8vP3XQhk+yVLb8J85i0dN/VzI56TIw1oV5SkegYQwE2/U2k1:dSOrOd693XQy+yF8G5i0L/xI87yugYQ1

Entry address:
0x16D590

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:
7.8420

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 2 URLs.

http://inst.greatsoftfree.com/dl/691/34416/6948/.../

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