RealPlayer_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 RealPlayer_RocketFuelInstaller.exe by Verti Technology Group has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download RealPlayer but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Verti Technology Group, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.135.0

MD5:
18b76e14fc2b3f8da4b18b00d92fa450

SHA-1:
4527edb45464905fc1005a384a462fcd7e26f5dd

SHA-256:
7ce5bcb2c32da8354b8d0fcc123d12818b2209bf9cc0c1dae75c3e4fa55991ae

Scanner detections:
6 / 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:
4/27/2024 1:21:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-BGF [PUP]
2014.9-150426

Boost by Reason
Adware.VertiTechnologyGroup.EE
2013.8.2.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
9.9624

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RocketFuel.A
v2015.04.26.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VertiTechnologyGroup.EE
14.3.1.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
19616

File size:
511.5 KB (523,768 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.135.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/13/2013 6:59:59 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:
7/8/2013 10:45:17 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:a8ZfwRNHB4DXn2NCLNBQ/fp5gsGP71PzBoL/xsTkKFYAu6ShaSkBI6nuZ0AeFcJV:4R1mDXn2YN6/fp5gsGP71PzBoL/xsTkn

Entry address:
0x2C038

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, 71, 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, 71, 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, 72, 45, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, D3, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A4, 72, 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:
6.7937

Code size:
248.5 KB (254,464 bytes)

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