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pctvinstaller.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 pctvinstaller.exe by Wecan Software has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.bestsw.net.
Publisher:
Wecan Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.22

MD5:
52e4e960fa3f950b4d6c8bd889c103d7

SHA-1:
52fd4e5bc02251f95a93edb02d627faab0882485

SHA-256:
3b9211f89e2c84d4109f5b9d45d7257d1f277e0b284d2c41b43106dc05732c90

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 8:19:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Wecan
2015.0.3275

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.141129

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10780

McAfee
Artemis!52E4E960FA3F
5600.6931

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.N
14.11.29.16

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Verti
10208

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1124
7.2.333

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
35126

File size:
246.8 KB (252,744 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.22

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Wecan Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2015 1:59:59 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:
11/20/2014 9:05:59 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:fI+SAxEPy5n6PMwdnXyuxiG3WK/DlH/YRw7pupJVwhxiWoS4fU2ro6:wqEPysl9DiGtlwRXuh9oS4fU2rd

Entry address:
0x1693B0

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, FE, 75, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, AE, 53, 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:
216 KB (221,184 bytes)

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

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/357/28408/6151/.../

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