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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

MD5:
62f6c106217ecd3e95e48167fe1a932e

SHA-1:
e9041d4d4539853c24d1f4ed39cfae6cf79f674e

SHA-256:
80f969bc8f9669de94cfa9c3d71ef336ff5deadc22060ebcd0111d73e669513b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/23/2024 4:30:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
16.9.2.22

File size:
367.5 KB (376,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/13/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 5:59:59 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 12:09:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:J4+MiTC0NSs6FHtHwotSUOF5bGiExyEO71Tp1AOr5LqE1cxfro7zc5p6aITcq2gq:JFk0cNt/MUOFQ5xUX1V5LqE1cxfro7zO

Entry address:
0x226E1

Entry point:
72, 0D, FD, F3, A5, FC, FF, 24, 95, 64, 2D, 42, 00, 8B, FF, F7, D9, FF, 24, 8D, 14, 2D, 42, 00, 8D, 49, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, F9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 2B, C8, FF, 24, 85, 68, 2C, 42, 00, FF, 24, 8D, 64, 2D, 42, 00, 90, 78, 2C, 42, 00, 9C, 2C, 42, 00, C4, 2C, 42, 00, 8A, 46, 03, 23, D1, 88, 47, 03, 83, EE, 01, C1, E9, 02, 83, EF, 01, 83, F9, 08, 72, B2, FD, F3, A5, FC, FF, 24, 95, 64, 2D, 42, 00, 8D, 49, 00, 8A, 46, 03, 23, D1, 88, 47, 03, 8A, 46, 02, C1, E9, 02, 88, 47, 02, 83, EE, 02, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.3924

Code size:
220 KB (225,280 bytes)

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