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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 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.bestsw.net.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.1.0

MD5:
cabaf753dd808bf03054f60653a7188e

SHA-1:
7d357b7d781821f7f67ea1c9be20ce816ed8621a

SHA-256:
39a06ea0aa6515a7d79dae96bbd606476856b448d2caf296f7fe69201df03b12

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 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:
12/25/2024 1:40:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.UsefulSo.Bundler (M)
16.6.17.22

File size:
263.3 KB (269,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/19/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/19/2016 1:59:59 AM

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:
1/29/2015 5:04:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:uqn8Hvbbf+1oHgumLTdPqFDSD4MtgtsZjJga0p7foSb/U2cF:gvbj8LTdPqZSD47tcjMToSb/U2cF

Entry address:
0x16D530

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, 21, 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:
7.9175  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/43/19984/43/.../

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