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free mkv player - vlc media player.exe

Salyutem Plyus LLC

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application free mkv player - vlc media player.exe by Salyutem Plyus has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the VideoLAN VLC media player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Salyutem Plyus LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c59c7420e035975be823c1957e9b378c

SHA-1:
87d4a7be99a667f29f9eacb85d8f1dd730189575

SHA-256:
17814c4e122aeb1d7529b097894edd6713541418ed151b48016ee9d91371e3db

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
12/25/2024 4:59:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.Salyutem.Bundler (M)
16.6.30.0

File size:
581.3 KB (595,248 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\free mkv player - vlc media player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Salyutem Plyus LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/14/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/15/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Salyutem Plyus LLC, O=Salyutem Plyus LLC, L=Kharkiv, S=Arkansas, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6B6BB9E1A48F64F47503D8DCF6A5D0D3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Hq37m5iegqX4bfguUKqy6zbSbhYkYxaGjxVO051rCBwmMGx+:HWm55Naqy6zbSqkAVOe1Q3MZ

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9742

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file free mkv player - vlc media player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://r.flvplayer4free.com/setup-vlc-media-player.php?n=MKV

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