7zip.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 7zip.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.apps-for-free.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
136ac13e7fc6970d1596862b8f76a547

SHA-1:
edcb13d212aac763d3465edbad13ec290b6119bc

SHA-256:
752ed2c5c82412e465540763549062f9c97de624a0c33e86a820fbc78570e464

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:
4/25/2024 7:11:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2712
9.0.1.0125

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9756

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
5/5/2014

McAfee
Artemis!136AC13E7FC6
5600.7140

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.E
14.5.5.4

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0425
7.2.125

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
28876

File size:
367.4 KB (376,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\7zip.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/14/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2014 12:59:59 AM

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:
2/21/2014 7:09:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:p4+MixC0NSs6FHtHwotSUOF5bGiExOEO71TgSAOr5LqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVy5p6a4:pF+0cNt/MUOFQ5xYaSV5LqE1cxfro7z1

Entry address:
0x226E1

Entry point:
E8, 7E, 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, 09, 86, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, EB, 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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Code size:
220 KB (225,280 bytes)

The file 7zip.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 16 URLs.

http://inst.apps-for-free.net/dl/27/14518/51/.../

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