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

Version:
1.0.0.25

MD5:
0d4b03da8db71d634d37b38916b1b57a

SHA-1:
a3d3e56580c78fb43534ad2855f59a598d40d153

SHA-256:
642f7599e7ec97d942822b99ea43dd6b75a402ebd644d8332395a591e080e16b

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
11/24/2024 12:49:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Wecan
2015.0.3268

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.14127

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10832

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.186.14309

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WeCan.A
v2014.12.19.12

McAfee
Artemis!A099AF31B982
5600.6912

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.T
14.12.7.9

Sophos
Generic PUA GD
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Rocketful/Variant
10169

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1204
7.2.341

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
35446

File size:
263.3 KB (269,640 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:
Wecan Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2015 1:59:59 AM

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 9:39:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:/P0cyd4eJ6IJGGIUmmB7xnqn1iJIg+apKceXXgr45oSF/U2UM:ud4e6IwGIm6H9apKceXXDoSF/U2UM

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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Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

The file pdfcreatorinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/43/5219/43/.../

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/43/35464/43/.../

http://i.bestsw.net/stub/WECAN/.../PDFCreatorInstaller.exe

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/43/6743/43/.../

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