pdfcreatorinstaller.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 pdfcreatorinstaller.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.
Publisher:
Wecan Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.25

MD5:
e5ef15a80d174ff00af7a812bf47d7a4

SHA-1:
81efa60d600fac91406fb4b0f1552db8bdd4f4f8

SHA-256:
373970069d48c89545b41e3a36e41ed8b83550cf1a01f54b2a614ada652a3ae9

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:
11/23/2024 10:35:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
17.3.2.3

File size:
263.3 KB (269,648 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\pdfcreatorinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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)

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