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

Version:
1.0.0.6

MD5:
8a0feefd4a90ca93b9e26db92b97e331

SHA-1:
f56970b49da78a413600e27233f17e21efe2626f

SHA-256:
26086527e55b550a7219373eaeb114769be34e64ca0af830bb33f299f282d3b0

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
12/25/2024 2:08:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140523

AVG
Usefus
2015.0.3465

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9842

McAfee
Artemis!8A0FEEFD4A90
5600.7121

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.S
14.5.23.21

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0522
7.2.143

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
29538

File size:
341 KB (349,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.6

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:
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:
5/22/2014 2:54:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:0Cilri4EyDkgx5Hf2+LXqruUG081E7LUzZAK/CqoA5p6v2qAPzBoL/xsTkKFW4xi:4rzXqruUGf2nUzZA+CqoA5p6v2qAPzBI

Entry address:
0x21F35

Entry point:
E8, 86, A5, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 38, AB, 44, 00, E8, 55, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, C6, 9E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 14, F7, 44, 00, BA, 10, F7, 44, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, A7, B4, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, 9E, B4, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 44, 2C, 00, 00, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, 92, 9D, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 04, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.5009

Code size:
211 KB (216,064 bytes)

The file mediaplayerclassic.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/14406/5552/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/14406/5552/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/21116/2449/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/2137/5552/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/21113/2449/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/24816/6065/.../

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