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

Version:
1.0.0.25

MD5:
a099af31b982e02311ef74658701acaf

SHA-1:
634cc51cb9b0fd9e4aba0165ff31a2784e9ef143

SHA-256:
e3b1d283da38c1512854fa8ac83dc1659eb6f5b15369bd3ea463853524b03b88

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
11/5/2024 1:57:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Wecan
2015.0.3261

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.141213

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10863

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.186.14309

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WeCan.A
v2014.12.13.02

McAfee
Artemis!A099AF31B982
5600.6917

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.BB
14.12.13.14

Sophos
Generic PUA GD
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Rocketful/Variant
10180

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1203
7.2.347

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
35634

File size:
263.3 KB (269,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.25

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 8:59:59 PM

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 6:39:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:/P0cyd4eJ6IJGGIUmmB7xnqn1iJIg+apKceXXgr45oSF/U2UR:ud4e6IwGIm6H9apKceXXDoSF/U2UR

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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Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

The file mediaplayerclassicinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 14 URLs.

http://inst.getfreesoft.net/dl/690/34490/6382/.../

http://inst.getfreesoft.net/dl/690/34490/6382/.../

http://inst.getfreesoft.net/dl/690/34490/6404/.../

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