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whoisit.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 whoisit.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 19 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.allfree-apps.com.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
82bd884d40372d5c57fec3a24d6ffd3c

SHA-1:
9d5b4d6667233a312d4d573ea390794f99d54da3

SHA-256:
1afc96df8fb90fabfe8f359a74baeb5922823d5c21989a2209a9b989fd4cb168

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 6:51:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.61722
871

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.09.13

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140916

AVG
Usefus
2015.0.3349

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.14916

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.61722
1.0.20.1295

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10327

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
9/16/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-b246a77d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-16-09_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.61722
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of beatcelebplayer.exe (Adware)
2014.11.19.11

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.183.13358

McAfee
Artemis!D3FCB5F89DAF
5600.7005

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.61722
15.0.0.777

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.H
14.9.16.22

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0813
7.2.259

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
32612

File size:
404.1 KB (413,784 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\whoisit.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 11:11:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:y3zjz+FsMQzoYjMAFULqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVO5p6aITxWfpBkYzE:uSDAFULqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVO5p6aITCK

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)

The file whoisit.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://i.allfree-apps.com/stub/UINST/.../whoisit.exe

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