pdfcreator_rocketfuelinstaller.exe

Verti Technology Group, Inc.

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_rocketfuelinstaller.exe by Verti Technology Group has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.vertitechnologygroup.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Verti Technology Group, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.147.0

MD5:
f4320b4965f8eb266d3269d5439b2dc7

SHA-1:
e301d3638e5f4923ecd982175afe1a05fbb7cdf2

SHA-256:
936c54b50671cbf435a7900ebb3b31b8b9d723081755ab1f33727fd4e8f8107c

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
12/25/2024 1:06:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-BGF [PUP]
2014.9-140523

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3465

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2070
9.0.1.0143

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Win32.Verti
8.14.05.23.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9460

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat.SB!tr.dldr
5/23/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RocketFuel.A
v2014.05.23.11

McAfee
Artemis!F4320B4965F8
5600.7121

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VertiTechnologyGroup.EE
14.5.23.23

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0111
7.2.143

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
26766

XVirus List
Win32.Detected
2.5.23

File size:
465.5 KB (476,664 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.147.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/14/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Verti Technology Group, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Verti Technology Group, Inc.", 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:
2F53536EA4011E81FBFFD28C4B0BEB6F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/10/2014 11:56:53 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:x8jvAlj/SGW2QGZLD4UxqeYqjA5p6mP71PzBoL/xsTkKFYwG36nuZq5F/IV7:Gvs7W2QyLDbxYqjA5p6mP71PzBoL/xsC

Entry address:
0x2832F

Entry point:
E8, AD, A8, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 38, C1, 45, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 3C, C1, 45, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, E7, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A0, C2, 45, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, D4, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A4, C2, 45, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.4705

Code size:
254 KB (260,096 bytes)

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

http://inst.vertitechnologygroup.com/dl/43/898/43/.../

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/43/20173/43/.../

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/43/898/43/.../

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/43/14426/63/.../

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