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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 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.download-sw.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Wecan Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
4a51cae06971dcc8f7266b1ebc7d1e18

SHA-1:
89116418a3d14ad2a677316f7a73a391dcc11728

SHA-256:
4586abf1379312adff31f3d1fbcf390a287dd13c44e4e63b0359d18084c24ab4

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
11/5/2024 9:48:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Rollnon
2015.0.3344

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10389

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of bigfarm.exe (Adware)
2014.10.15.15

McAfee
Artemis!79DA512AD361
5600.7000

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.T
14.9.26.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0804
7.2.223

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
32078

File size:
234.7 KB (240,288 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

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:
Wecan Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 4:59:59 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:
7/31/2014 9:09:12 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:WoupBAM+B58yaU+7BS2GCk+K5z+UDIQR69uoSrrhUlek:aFc58yaU+7BSDCk+K5JDakoSnhUlek

Entry address:
0x14FC50

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, EE, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 73, D1, 14, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 4B, 2C, 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:
7.8991  (probably packed)

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

The file pdfcreatorinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 10 URLs.

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/19984/43/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/17492/43/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/10541/43/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/10541/43/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/5219/43/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/17492/43/.../

http://i.download-sw.net/stub/WECAN/.../PDFCreatorInstaller.exe

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/5219/43/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/5219/43/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/17492/43/.../

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