blinkxbeat_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 blinkxbeat_rocketfuelinstaller.exe by Verti Technology Group has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.vertitechnologygroup.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Verti Technology Group, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.132.0

MD5:
bc8e6b87261925b2e3f83c17881268b1

SHA-1:
b1227af319e83e029d571304762d6c8d34984efa

SHA-256:
72852d3ee809455cb3d2e74587a00d81ced687f5320165110ca9e71e27ac066e

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
4/23/2024 5:37:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-BGF [PUP]
2014.9-140524

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
9.10392

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VertiTechnologyGroup.EE
14.5.24.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
25852

File size:
483.5 KB (495,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.132.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/13/2013 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:
5E5A8F44B995DF01701554FBF18173B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/9/2013 12:13:26 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Wlg3Xp6+4HA1Tin5Vfp5gsGP71PzBoL/xsTkKFYRllaSkBI6nuZjaJb:vXp5QA1T2Vfp5gsGP71PzBoL/xsTkKFH

Entry address:
0x27778

Entry point:
E8, 28, 94, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 38, 01, 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, 01, 45, 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, 02, 45, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, D3, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A4, 02, 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:
6.8267

Code size:
227 KB (232,448 bytes)

The file blinkxbeat_rocketfuelinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://inst.vertitechnologygroup.com/dl/29/2268/29/.../

http://inst.vertitechnologygroup.com/dl/29/4544/29/.../

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