pagealicious_rocketfuelinstaller.exe

Verti Technology Group, Inc.

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 pagealicious_rocketfuelinstaller.exe by Verti Technology Group has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.vertitechnologygroup.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Verti Technology Group, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.132.0

MD5:
58e21f4f7ae4858dc917b0417994ba6e

SHA-1:
35b9661f7d3fd8518e6e4a9933c6dc4ff2751f61

SHA-256:
286d15261ed5cb5f3664fe9863f2a0a7bd7ace3507976589c21336be10552f7a

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
4/26/2024 8:27:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-BGF [PUP]
2014.9-150219

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
9.10392

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VertiTechnologyGroup
15.2.19.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
25852

File size:
483.5 KB (495,104 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.132.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2011 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/13/2013 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Verti Technology Group, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Verti Technology Group, Inc.", 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:
5E5A8F44B995DF01701554FBF18173B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/9/2013 11:13:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Plg3Xp6+4HA1Tin5Vfp5gsGP71PzBoL/xsTkKFYRllaSkBI6nuZjNJMl:YXp5QA1T2Vfp5gsGP71PzBoL/xsTkKFt

Entry address:
0x27778

Entry point:
E8, 28, 94, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 38, 01, 45, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 3C, 01, 45, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, E6, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A0, 02, 45, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, D3, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A4, 02, 45, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.8266

Code size:
227 KB (232,448 bytes)

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

http://i.vertitechnologygroup.com/stub/.../Pagealicious_RocketFuelInstaller.exe

http://inst.vertitechnologygroup.com/dl/88/2930/1323/.../

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