realplayer.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 realplayer.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download RealPlayer but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.6

MD5:
63f8600a64579c08c697f22fb0188795

SHA-1:
6bbeef4c56d6eafdf6a9e69a855c0574df2e2ab1

SHA-256:
34329eb86b68ca9cc997ec4ab0153df5d6346a650ca8a93f6088efc2e848c804

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
12/25/2024 2:07:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Usefus
2015.0.3437

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.4150
9.0.1.0171

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9874

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
6/20/2014

McAfee
Artemis!63F8600A6457
5600.7093

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.K
14.6.20.16

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0524
7.2.171

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
29788

File size:
341 KB (349,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\realplayer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/13/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 5:59:59 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:
5/22/2014 1:54:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:0Cilri4EyDkgx5Hf2+LXqruUG081E7LUzZAK/CqoA5p6v2qAPzBoL/xsTkKFW4xT:4rzXqruUGf2nUzZA+CqoA5p6v2qAPzBR

Entry address:
0x21F35

Entry point:
E8, 86, A5, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 38, AB, 44, 00, E8, 55, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, C6, 9E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 14, F7, 44, 00, BA, 10, F7, 44, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, A7, B4, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, 9E, B4, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 44, 2C, 00, 00, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, 92, 9D, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 04, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.5008

Code size:
211 KB (216,064 bytes)

The file realplayer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

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