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realplayerinstaller.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 realplayerinstaller.exe by Wecan Software has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as RealPlayer but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Wecan Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.11

MD5:
20b18478a0c7639723bc8a23c4396790

SHA-1:
9983e8260e126248fdc2f7df9b687c99a279103f

SHA-256:
dd71c2a916358d557a5322279d9c23cd208e856a2a15a24f7f8f374e4053e14e

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:09:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-141102

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3303

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.141016

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10567

G Data
Win32.Application.Nextup
14.11.24

McAfee
Artemis!C77BDFC47D9D
5600.6959

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.T
14.10.16.20

Sophos
NextUp
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0906
7.2.306

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
33942

File size:
246.3 KB (252,240 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.11

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Wecan Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 4:59:59 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:
10/6/2014 10:29:15 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Q+YmPuJfJpVaDFvuIAkYMRs7IENRrGEdUCeoSIvUWLC02:fIJpVwNAkYSs7IENcHToSIvUWLC02

Entry address:
0x16A160

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, B2, 86, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 51, 51, 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:
7.9096  (probably packed)

Code size:
216 KB (221,184 bytes)

The file realplayerinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/526/25114/6078/.../

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