Audacity_RocketFuelInstaller.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 Audacity_RocketFuelInstaller.exe by Verti Technology Group has been detected as adware by 11 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:
Verti Technology Group, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.147.0

MD5:
8db4e2cef459aec6f67aa1c8f9542c93

SHA-1:
a5da02312a9ced7efd898bc1bd061d1918defd90

SHA-256:
20b8e060f230c7b3ff38ef0ef3a0a68db638f9a496ee067ad4595fbe83aad4d4

Scanner detections:
11 / 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 7:59:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-BGF [PUP]
2014.9-140412

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3507

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2070
9.0.1.0102

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9540

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
4/12/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RocketFuel.A
v2014.04.12.12

McAfee
Artemis!8DB4E2CEF459
5600.7163

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VertiTechnologyGroup.CC
14.4.12.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0228
7.2.102

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
27352

File size:
465.5 KB (476,664 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.147.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/14/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
1/10/2014 11:56:53 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:x8jvAlj/SGW2QGZLD4UxqeYqjA5p6mP71PzBoL/xsTkKFYwG36nuZq5F/IBi:Gvs7W2QyLDbxYqjA5p6mP71PzBoL/xsX

Entry address:
0x2832F

Entry point:
E8, AD, A8, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 38, C1, 45, 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, C1, 45, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, E7, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A0, C2, 45, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, D4, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A4, C2, 45, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.4705

Code size:
254 KB (260,096 bytes)

The file Audacity_RocketFuelInstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 13 URLs.

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