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pdfcreator.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 pdfcreator.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.awesome-downloads.com.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.12.167

MD5:
031ee6bd2fc51ccddc3d526cd98c42a6

SHA-1:
36b09776e9ceed421e14c19f21712c19d9fb8d3c

SHA-256:
6675c06d8b70ca8e3c57764ca63118b4e76c86d6042dc4c64e0c3e474b71fdfe

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
2/25/2025 2:19:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150728

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3126

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.15427

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9961
9.0.1.0117

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11537

G Data
Win32.Application.Verti
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of tinyplayer_setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.28.4

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15731

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Verti.dpuvut
0.30.20.1219

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150427

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.27.08

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Verti.Bundler
15.4.27.16

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Verti
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
39746

File size:
364 KB (372,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.12.167

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pdfcreator.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:
4/17/2015 9:56:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:yb2D9IIHOkbhVzS8DW4AqKa/62xioOWvj+xbWcs8LCa666hatGJHO/U2cIBi:yb2D9IIHXlsrc/5OxbWBbqt+O/U2cB

Entry address:
0x16D5E0

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:
7.8386

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

Code size:
332 KB (339,968 bytes)

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

http://inst.awesome-downloads.com/dl/43/35478/43/.../

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