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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 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.getswfree.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Wecan Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.25

MD5:
21e0039f943d209f3e0ef7183bb6250d

SHA-1:
d63495116a568f2862c436b13233447134a5065a

SHA-256:
89cfdfc346f182ababb1a020714a8f784926d562221c7930f4d7b8fd8d42e668

Scanner detections:
25 / 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:
4/19/2024 2:48:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.12417497
724

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Verti.269648
7.11.198.252

AVG
Wecan
2016.0.3202

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.15210

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.12417497
1.0.20.205

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9413
9.0.1.041

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.12417497
8.15.02.10.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
9.10954

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Verti
2/10/2015

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12417497
11.2015-10-02_3

G Data
Trojan.Generic.12417497
15.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.188.14496

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Verti
14.0.0.2507

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WeCan.A
v2015.02.10.01

McAfee
Artemis!21E0039F943D
5600.6858

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.12417497
16.0.0.123

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.dlauux
0.30.0.64448

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.12417497
14.12.31.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.10.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware
15.2.10.13

Sophos
NextUp
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Rocketful/Variant
10062

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/U2UC:ud4e6IwGIm6H9apKceXXDoSF/U2UC

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:
7.9194  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

The file mediaplayerclassicinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://inst.getswfree.net/dl/691/34689/6386/.../

http://inst.getswfree.net/dl/691/.../42/.../

http://redirect.viglink.com/?key=d6bfe767892598b45d1bf304da9e4c5c&u=http://inst.getswfree.net/dl/691/34416/6386/.../

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