mediaplayerclassicinstaller.exe

Wecan 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 mediaplayerclassicinstaller.exe by Wecan Software has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.greatfreesw.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Wecan Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.25

MD5:
d511d21295ee9d64adcd3b4ebcf11aa7

SHA-1:
2167e76eda99f4c009105efc88ad8aa1b0f05708

SHA-256:
6b9150ece09a8b8fd3790ff9657d8bdb685c6778fcab4ad66709010b9ca8df3c

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/25/2024 10:05:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.12417497
763

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Verti.269648
7.11.198.180

AVG
Wecan
2016.0.3241

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.1512

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.12417497
1.0.20.10

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
20469

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9413
9.0.1.02

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.12417497
8.15.01.02.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
9.10945

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
1/2/2015

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12417497
11.2015-02-01_6

G Data
Trojan.Generic.12417497
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.188.14496

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Verti
14.0.0.2701

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WeCan.A
v2015.01.02.07

McAfee
Artemis!D511D21295EE
5600.6897

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.12417497
16.0.0.6

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.dlauux
0.30.0.64448

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.12417497
14.12.30.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.01.02.07

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM18.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.BB
15.1.2.19

Sophos
NextUp
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Rocketful/Variant
10139

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1226
7.2.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
36218

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.231419
2.0.0.2021

File size:
263.3 KB (269,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.25

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Wecan Software, O=Wecan 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:
1FD8A9E8CBFDDB2724A69194C505EF77

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/3/2014 2:39:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:/P0cyd4eJ6IJGGIUmmB7xnqn1iJIg+apKceXXgr45oSF/U2U:ud4e6IwGIm6H9apKceXXDoSF/U2U

Entry address:
0x16D5E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, EC, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 55, B9, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, DE, 95, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9193  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

The file mediaplayerclassicinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 17 URLs.

http://inst.greatfreesw.com/dl/42/14407/6270/.../

http://inst.greatfreesw.com/dl/42/33234/6304/.../

http://inst.getswfree.com/dl/42/27548/6222/.../

http://inst.greatfreesw.com/dl/42/32747/6304/.../

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-1-175-151.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.1.175.151:80)

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