mediaplayerclassic.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 mediaplayerclassic.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.greatappsfree.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
fc28cc7ba7588a1da7a80ef9c1fc8e9d

SHA-1:
1aacb012cc1c0ea5862193722f825f47b3183c36

SHA-256:
3d7bc1a3375c5eb5baca4eb5aa03f7a4d29c38e3a572943e9e264e30166b3ebb

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/26/2024 1:44:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140516

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9809

McAfee
Artemis!FC28CC7BA758
5600.7128

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.S
14.5.16.14

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0513
7.2.136

File size:
366 KB (374,760 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\mediaplayerclassic.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:
5/13/2014 7:23:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:iKk02wQjZnnUAHlESM9Pt/IBP4BoHg8dqqkSyorKvEAO9ALqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVd:iL02dncz9F/IBABoHVLv7bALqE1cxfrK

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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Code size:
218.5 KB (223,744 bytes)

The file mediaplayerclassic.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/14406/5552/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/1703/5552/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/14404/42/.../?s1=16160

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/2137/5552/.../

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/21113/2449/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/14406/5552/.../

http://inst.greatappsfree.net/dl/42/21113/2449/.../

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/21113/2449/.../

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/13020/5552/.../

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