home

pdfcreator.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 pdfcreator.exe by Useful Software has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.allfree-apps.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Useful Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
9bfb352ff6680805631cfefb8eac1bf5

SHA-1:
a8f70e50208894be57a9570dd9a2d1aa11c5e0b2

SHA-256:
391cce55fb0f84dc956da61e3649afc81e1e94e169836ca2e455d83817d6316f

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
5/11/2024 2:07:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2712
9.0.1.0123

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.9747

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
5/3/2014

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UsefulSoftware.K
14.5.3.13

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0426
7.2.123

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
28760

File size:
367.5 KB (376,272 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 6:59:59 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 1:09:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Z4+MixC0NSs6FHtHwotSUOF5bGiExOEO71TgSAOr5LqE1cxfro7zF1W+LVy5p6ah:ZF+0cNt/MUOFQ5xYaSV5LqE1cxfro7zC

Entry address:
0x226E1

Entry point:
E8, 7E, A7, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 90, 10, 45, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 09, 86, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, EB, B3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.3847

Code size:
220 KB (225,280 bytes)

The file pdfcreator.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/43/3089/63/.../

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/43/5219/43/.../

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/43/14431/63/.../

http://i.allfree-apps.net/stub/.../PDFCreator.exe

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/43/5219/43/.../

http://inst.allfree-apps.net/dl/43/10541/43/.../

Remove pdfcreator.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.