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popcorntime.exe

Useful Software

This is part of 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 file popcorntime.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.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.20

MD5:
cb861782628710760fc10c7b170c8c88

SHA-1:
7cdada67950b0192ab77099bfb45a126c274ff33

SHA-256:
52ee4d90982eeede876619ad47255bb5d0813071224cb98c6a6a6ffde70bfbce

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.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 11:21:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
16.7.21.3

File size:
247.6 KB (253,536 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.20

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\popcorntime.exe.3o4k5q7.partial

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/14/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2014 12:59:59 AM

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:
11/11/2014 7:51:30 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:qDBLlLiGfX6SMatcJ2Pv2Rjb5yecrttsoS0fU2LCf:WpBfXJMwcsn2Rf8eKSoS0fU2LCf

Entry address:
0x169AE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, EC, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 03, 76, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, DC, 4A, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 00, 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:
7.9069  (probably packed)

Code size:
216 KB (221,184 bytes)

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