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 2 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:
1.0.115.0

MD5:
876c73e115f9e3a5eeb5d8a8f695eea5

SHA-1:
5f08f395c6cb59107315e5b7abaee215b044a475

SHA-256:
32e0a07cd835063b4cd63b0c7178e9f779c27394b5e0fa1bdcd3fdea388e4432

Scanner detections:
2 / 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:
4/26/2024 10:41:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VertiTechnologyGroup.EE
14.2.16.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
22088

File size:
449.5 KB (460,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.115.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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:
12/7/2012 1:51:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pcq/ytn0NSiHpcNfYNH974CMEFs+XZHTj8OGr+epTXnOaSkBI6nuZ4/PpJV:mJtndmpcNed74CMEFs+XZHTj8OGr+ept

Entry address:
0x24688

Entry point:
E8, F8, 90, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, A8, A0, 44, 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, AC, A0, 44, 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, 10, A2, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, D3, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 14, A2, 44, 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:
6.8776

Code size:
211 KB (216,064 bytes)

The file realplayer_rocketfuelinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-1-175-151.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.1.175.151:80)

TCP (HTTP):

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