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mediaplayerclassicinstaller.exe

Wecan 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 mediaplayerclassicinstaller.exe by Wecan 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.greatfreesw.com.
Publisher:
Wecan Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.25

MD5:
4bcc4a357cac7e76f64935315bddb702

SHA-1:
2d54e02147279fcf0b1c635d8560114d89654f58

SHA-256:
c394dc3736111bf8c84335bca126d968ecc6bc286cb80be0d190d6473f9b21a0

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 '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 1:48:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
16.7.18.6

File size:
263.3 KB (269,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.25

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Wecan Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Wecan Software, O=Wecan 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:
1FD8A9E8CBFDDB2724A69194C505EF77

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/3/2014 10:39:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:/P0cyd4eJ6IJGGIUmmB7xnqn1iJIg+apKceXXgr45oSF/U2U:ud4e6IwGIm6H9apKceXXDoSF/U2U

Entry address:
0x16D5E0

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, DE, 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:
7.9194  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

http://inst.greatfreesw.com/dl/42/32770/6253/.../

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