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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 7 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:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
fd0c71885cabd34616410c9b6d3ebc34

SHA-1:
a5360325ff9cca8fef3763bd9d8b22d380004a29

SHA-256:
9b1581d8aea1bd132d8c0a68c9464bb321713c3228b2f4a297955d14589f46b9

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
11/24/2024 5:24:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Rollnon
2015.0.3344

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10389

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of bigfarm.exe (Adware)
2014.10.19.14

McAfee
Artemis!79DA512AD361
5600.7000

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.T
14.9.26.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0804
7.2.223

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
32078

File size:
234.7 KB (240,296 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

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 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:
7/31/2014 12:09:12 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:uoupBAM+B58yaU+7BS2GCk+K5z+UDIQR69uoSrrhUle9:yFc58yaU+7BSDCk+K5JDakoSnhUle9

Entry address:
0x14FC50

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, EE, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 73, D1, 14, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 4B, 2C, 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:
7.8990  (probably packed)

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

The file realplayerinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/526/25673/6078/.../

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

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/526/28252/6093/.../

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