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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
c3c35ff130151adc7ad751e7f18a1f7e

SHA-1:
53c39d47771c0f2b20edc217dd058c1d5b92a1b9

SHA-256:
7208e805329d19be2a1bd0109c027db6f71a11baa6b9d2ef9f6e5a2d35fa0274

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.

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:
11/23/2024 8:21:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.UsefulSo.Bundler (M)
16.6.21.8

File size:
404.1 KB (413,800 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 6:59:59 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:
8/8/2014 12:11:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:C3zjz+FsMQzoYjMAFULqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVO5p6aITxWfpBkYz:+SDAFULqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVO5p6aITC1

Entry address:
0x258D1

Entry point:
E8, AA, AE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 08, 68, 88, 83, 45, 00, E8, 89, 00, 00, 00, FF, 35, 7C, DA, 45, 00, FF, 15, F8, E1, 43, 00, 85, C0, 74, 16, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, D0, EB, 07, 33, C0, 40, C3, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 6A, 08, 68, 68, 83, 45, 00, E8, 51, 00, 00, 00, E8, 9B, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, 40, 78, 85, C0, 74, 16, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, D0, EB, 07, 33, C0, 40, C3, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 61, AF, 00, 00, CC, E8, 73, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, 40, 7C, 85, C0...
 
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Entropy:
6.4551

Code size:
243.5 KB (249,344 bytes)

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