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strongvault.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 strongvault.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.getfree-soft.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
45de526cae8cdd58dd3f3bdcef4a59ca

SHA-1:
c4cc319110c0bd3a7070b3edb187adae90cdccfd

SHA-256:
0c1b141a9658fe1ef0ac5b61417722bcd1bd42547ee5e05a262f3d6a050aeda4

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:
11/5/2024 9:34:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.G
987

AVG
Usefus
2015.0.3465

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.G
1.0.20.720

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.G
11.2014-24-05_7

G Data
Application.Bundler
14.5.24

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.G
15.0.0.432

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.L
14.5.24.7

Sophos
Verti
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786530
29418

File size:
366 KB (374,744 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\strongvault.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:
5/13/2014 12:23:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:SKk02wQjZnnUAHlESM9Pt/IBP4BoHg8dqqkSyorKvEAO9ALqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVO:SL02dncz9F/IBABoHVLv7bALqE1cxfr5

Entry address:
0x22009

Entry point:
E8, 46, A7, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 90, 10, 45, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, D1, 85, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 93, B3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.3795

Code size:
218.5 KB (223,744 bytes)

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

http://i.getfree-soft.net/stub/.../Strongvault.exe

http://inst.getfree-soft.net/dl/165/12373/2069/.../

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