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audacity.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 audacity.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.allfree-apps.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
df59f54383a052ae00effa82270bb26e

SHA-1:
8d3d0901635c8f7531e15bafce5afdd6d83a8c18

SHA-256:
0f255c977d5dd3630e6b7351d002eb8c892178094699280979c9517dddfacd6f

Scanner detections:
6 / 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:
4/19/2024 1:43:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Usefus
2015.0.3455

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9830

McAfee
Artemis!DF59F54383A0
5600.7111

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.I
14.6.2.14

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0514
7.2.153

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
29454

File size:
366 KB (374,736 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 4:59:59 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 11:23:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:6Kk02wQjZnnUAHlESM9Pt/IBP4BoHg8dqqkSyorKvEAO9ALqE1cxfro7zF1W+LV8:6L02dncz9F/IBABoHVLv7bALqE1cxfrX

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 audacity.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/92/14557/1034/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/92/14524/1164/.../

http://i.allfree-apps.net/stub/.../Audacity.exe

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/92/14557/1034/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/92/14636/1164/.../

http://i.vertitechnologygroup.com/stub/.../Audacity.exe

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