520425.exe

Verti Technology Group, Inc.

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 520425.exe by Verti Technology Group has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.vertitechnologygroup.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Verti Technology Group, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.144.0

MD5:
c3aa6d895ebeb548c4bc0b2124bc47e4

SHA-1:
ecad31ab737499b60c7c2db98bcfab49fb908e8a

SHA-256:
635ba7f190d57e5dc4e6c9ea965612071d9e42f84d46841f26ab5e246ab8c6c8

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
4/23/2024 1:37:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Verti
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-BGF [PUP]
2014.9-131231

Bkav FE
W32.Clod2e2.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1714
9.0.1.0365

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
7.9272

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Verti
12/31/2013

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Verti
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.175.10794

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Verti
14.0.0.4537

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Verti
v2013.12.31.02

McAfee
Artemis!C3AA6D895EBE
5600.7264

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Verti.crduqj
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VertiTechnologyGroup.G
14.2.17.5

Sophos
Generic PUA OM
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1211
7.2.365

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Verti
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
25278

File size:
501.5 KB (513,536 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.144.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\520425.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/14/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/15/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Verti Technology Group, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Verti Technology Group, Inc.", 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:
2F53536EA4011E81FBFFD28C4B0BEB6F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2013 4:56:19 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5HzsDNhhxZmA0WStgAF0RQ/fp5gsGP71PzBoL/xsTkKFYUgmQ6nuZg4N:pmNhhnmdWSdyRQ/fp5gsGP71PzBoL/xX

Entry address:
0x3063F

Entry point:
E8, CD, 9F, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 38, 51, 46, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 3C, 51, 46, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, E6, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A0, 52, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, D3, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A4, 52, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Code size:
288.5 KB (295,424 bytes)

The file 520425.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 15 URLs.

http://inst.vertitechnologygroup.com/dl/185/13894/2306/.../

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