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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 13 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:
1.0.2.146

MD5:
245ee12e7aa59a880d9f0b0e6a36a240

SHA-1:
d502b15ea879f74b158d1a244abe754d154fd3c2

SHA-256:
ff883ab3614723d9787ce22a067edf64ae7a2396a37b0e368b85ff928e9a491e

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
11/5/2024 10:03:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller
2015.02.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.212.6

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3190

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Verti.JBT
21170

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11214

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Useful
v2015.02.22.03

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Verti.dmvgvb
0.30.0.296

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150222

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.22.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti
15.2.22.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Verti
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
37794

File size:
360.8 KB (369,480 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.2.146

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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/18/2016 6:59:59 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:
2/16/2015 6:44:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:rb2D9IIHOkbhVzS8DW4AqKa/62xioOWvj+xbWcs8LC3qPHI56TIw1oV5SkegYQpI:rb2D9IIHXlsrc/5OxbWBHyI87yugYQDK

Entry address:
0x16D5B0

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:
7.8408

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/42/17489/42/.../

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