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smartmediaconverter.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 smartmediaconverter.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.greatappsfree.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.6

MD5:
de974eb3a3c11058d2feb69a055c13d6

SHA-1:
3d62d415fdddf2c8bc162280de847edb5c254b9a

SHA-256:
93fab8a7e3b73bda14c2e9ad6b280ce7c6820b160e9e565bdb526b7099b20eee

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 12:34:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Usefus
2015.0.3444

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.4150
9.0.1.0165

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9932

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
6/14/2014

McAfee
Artemis!DE974EB3A3C1
5600.7100

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.T
14.6.14.11

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0606
7.2.165

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
30218

File size:
340.9 KB (349,120 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\smartmediaconverter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

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):
6144:8Cilri4EyDkgx5Hf2+LXqruUG081E7LUzZAK/CqoA5p6v2qAPzBoL/xsTkKFW4xY:ArzXqruUGf2nUzZA+CqoA5p6v2qAPzBC

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:
6.5013

Code size:
211 KB (216,064 bytes)

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

http://inst.greatappsfree.com/dl/361/16118/5821/.../

http://i.great-free-apps.net/stub/.../SmartMediaConverter.exe

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/361/16564/5821/.../

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