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

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
25a2149ec29bce18ba68ae8d5516daeb

SHA-1:
30e60e85a556aacee76e692cd39655b45d307b6f

SHA-256:
2414322611cfae67b3d108778dd1caabc562ddaf50d9313e6e7962ade6f79cc5

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/27/2024 12:31:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2712
9.0.1.0119

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9734

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
4/29/2014

McAfee
Artemis!25A2149EC29B
5600.7146

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.S
14.4.29.5

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0425
7.2.119

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
28674

File size:
367.5 KB (376,288 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\mediaplayerclassic.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 6:59:59 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:
2/21/2014 1:09:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:J4+MixC0NSs6FHtHwotSUOF5bGiExOEO71TgSAOr5LqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVy5p6ah:JF+0cNt/MUOFQ5xYaSV5LqE1cxfro7zC

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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Entropy:
6.3847

Code size:
220 KB (225,280 bytes)

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

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/24816/5552/.../

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/14419/42/.../?s1=6503

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/3302/42/.../?s1=207431

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/17489/42/.../?s1=15592

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/17489/42/.../?s1=9659

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/25763/5552/.../

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/24816/5552/.../

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

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/1703/5552/.../

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

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/14406/5552/.../

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

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

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/15651/5554/.../

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/24816/5552/.../

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

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

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

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/20078/42/.../?s1=13368

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/1703/5552/.../

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

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/14406/5552/.../

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

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

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/21116/2449/.../

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/17489/42/.../?s1=5084

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/14404/42/.../?s1=8754

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

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/17489/42/.../?s1=13368

http://inst.great-free-apps.net/dl/42/24816/5552/.../

Latest 30 of 93 download URLs

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-236-175-104.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.236.175.104:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-3-98-42.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.3.98.42:80)

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