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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 6 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:
1.0.0.4

MD5:
ae45f4e1cf3d0444fd670659a6a05bf8

SHA-1:
d93118804fdb813a0af8f0515bbfec366d482015

SHA-256:
e82de41c1f24359fa64c162a84f450701be549166fc303125f5c0313b7990053

Scanner detections:
6 / 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 10:02:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Rollnon
2015.0.3344

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10389

McAfee
Artemis!79DA512AD361
5600.7000

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.T
14.9.26.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0906
7.2.264

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
32976

File size:
250.8 KB (256,840 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.4

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 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:
8/28/2014 12:59:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:zgZLUaXHdITbuzFOQkHt7meXsuacg8zEoSfvUWjA:zMXCTSFOQkNKefaz8zEoSfvUWjA

Entry address:
0x16A230

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, AB, 86, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 23, 62, 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:
7.9071  (probably packed)

Code size:
220 KB (225,280 bytes)

The file pdfcreatorinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 15 URLs.

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

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

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

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/14431/63/.../

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/14431/63/.../

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

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

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

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

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