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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 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.bestsw.net.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.7.132

MD5:
1eef9ebc692be6794d9c6c873ae50845

SHA-1:
dc17ba5209594575551a378c858be428f5c269e3

SHA-256:
0a63289631b4f4e84d6b6da68b5571dae9da7b0d2f4b97f6f5809c4a4e44283b

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 7:36:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller
2015.03.28

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150703

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3156

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9817
9.0.1.087

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 277989.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.3.6

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15530

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Useful
v2015.03.28.05

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!16CCCEC6D466
5600.6716

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Verti.dmncmr
0.30.8.659

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150328

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.28.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Verti
15.3.28.17

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R00GC0ED715
7.2.184

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Verti
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786530
38950

File size:
363.5 KB (372,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.7.132

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:
11/18/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/18/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Useful Software, 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:
142135C80AA62D0F15501B4128FC6AEE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/20/2015 10:26:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:q3NlPYFMITLl1kiKDJrf8Ep1RwqTjDUfG7ezksIbdF+fB8/glapQPOMktb/U20mq:qdCFfL/KDhfN1RfXU+7BsIbT+58YwV5m

Entry address:
0x16D580

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, EE, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8420

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
332 KB (339,968 bytes)

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

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/42/14407/42/.../

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