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pdfcreatorinstaller.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 pdfcreatorinstaller.exe by Wecan Software has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.download-sw.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Wecan Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.16

MD5:
d60df00513921584923d69d759719371

SHA-1:
3bee8285c19186f77d5968904b718ed983958677

SHA-256:
9a58babc4496e16c478cab7b690c707f8144b75d241ff430e001ee5471cf8196

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/20/2024 2:24:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-141102

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3303

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.141030

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10641

G Data
Win32.Application.Nextup
14.11.24

McAfee
Artemis!C77BDFC47D9D
5600.6959

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.T
14.10.30.19

Sophos
NextUp
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0906
7.2.306

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
34350

File size:
248.3 KB (254,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.16

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Wecan Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 4:59:59 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:
10/28/2014 11:30:19 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Mvlzb7CaikWA6zHAPzE7ggNLf82gafUe7OnFNoSUfU2LCv:MvlzivkWA6zg72LfSaz7OnroSUfU2LCv

Entry address:
0x169940

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, FE, 75, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 33, 59, 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:
7.9095  (probably packed)

Code size:
220 KB (225,280 bytes)

The file pdfcreatorinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/43/17492/43/.../

http://i.download-sw.net/stub/WECAN/.../PDFCreatorInstaller.exe

http://i.bestsw.net/stub/WECAN/.../PDFCreatorInstaller.exe

http://inst.bestsw.net/dl/43/5219/43/.../

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