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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:
8a0031aa85328d7fe7047f6d0c5ecbdc

SHA-1:
b8e6cfdbc9e7a456be60f2fd213b875fb0f2be8a

SHA-256:
de1038f62f228f1a005261e56eeaebfca787425ec2068c94898e26cc9f8d4b2b

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:
12/24/2024 4:46:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
17.2.22.6

File size:
263.3 KB (269,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.25

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Wecan Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 7:59:59 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 3:39:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

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:
7.9193  (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/42/17489/42/.../

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