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mediaplayerclassic_setup.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_setup.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. 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:
1.0.10.111

MD5:
37019c5377552b07446beb4940f89744

SHA-1:
d43edcd05f89ab4f3d01778c536be280a0ab7cd2

SHA-256:
016b0cf075a22156add7a9de79ad4ece8539fea87f6b7658ed523fefa18c006a

Scanner detections:
20 / 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 2:31:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150426

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3127

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.15426

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9968
9.0.1.0116

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
4/26/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.Verti
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of 7zip.exe (Adware)
2015.7.27.13

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15829

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Useful
v2015.04.26.09

McAfee
Artemis!37019C537755
5600.6783

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.dqegkt
0.30.24.1357

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150426

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.26.09

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Verti.Bundler
15.4.26.17

Sophos
NextUp
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Verti
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786530
38882

File size:
363.5 KB (372,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.10.111

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mediaplayerclassic_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/18/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/18/2016 3:59:59 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 10:31:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:vUC7ZyNNuc23cd0rL0VnZI7MDvwbZZ6dIjuqk0nzuisOMOyIa6MRvQpn6WP6/U2r:cC7ZjcScU4Vnmx4ddb0KiWIa1Qt6/U2r

Entry address:
0x16D5A0

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:
7.8415

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
332 KB (339,968 bytes)

The file mediaplayerclassic_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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

http://inst.greatsoftfree.com/dl/691/36001/6948/.../

http://inst.greatsoftfree.com/dl/691/36001/6948/.../

http://inst.greatsoftfree.com/dl/691/34689/6948/.../

http://inst.greatsoftfree.com/dl/691/36001/6948/.../

http://inst.greatsoftfree.com/dl/691/34691/6948/.../

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