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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 29 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:
167b06a179ca10f31816b455ff0298e3

SHA-1:
ba547925749515607a99038fd1d976dca0207412

SHA-256:
c00a3efcc11ba7486e357aef4da89cd7d93b787d455584d9e72ecd8734b2f4ea

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/29/2024 12:56:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.12417497
763

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Verti.269648
7.11.198.252

AVG
Wecan
2016.0.3241

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.1513

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.12417497
1.0.20.15

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
20469

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9413
9.0.1.03

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.12417497
8.15.01.03.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
9.10954

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Verti
1/3/2015

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12417497
11.2015-03-01_7

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
14.0.0.2700

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WeCan.A
v2015.01.03.12

McAfee
Artemis!167B06A179CA
5600.6897

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.12417497
16.0.0.9

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.dlauux
0.30.0.64448

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.12417497
14.12.31.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.03.12

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

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.BB
15.1.3.0

Sophos
NextUp
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Rocketful/Variant
10139

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R02SC0OA115
7.2.3

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R02SC0OA115
10.465.03

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
36290

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.231419
2.0.0.2024

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:
Wecan Software

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 4 URLs.

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

http://inst.greatfreesw.com/dl/42/14407/3028/.../

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

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

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