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photocel.exe

Useful 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 photocel.exe by Useful 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:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
4055508b61213dcd74a56dc6e48fff22

SHA-1:
dca2418e89b311b46bb4a5db82201fdc93cb2fad

SHA-256:
b19d8d99aaa1a2d6764dd2664630302484942413507a75d5e36cae85db8bec5b

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 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:
11/23/2024 8:03:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
17.3.4.10

File size:
367.4 KB (376,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\photocel.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Useful Software, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Useful 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:
7DB9B4E338BDCF4F909F675C098B0E76

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/21/2014 1:09:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x226E1

Entry point:
E8, 7E, A7, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 90, 10, 45, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 09, 86, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, EB, B3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.3848

Code size:
220 KB (225,280 bytes)

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