free mp4 player - vlc media player.exe

Setup

ClICk YeS

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 mp4 player - vlc media player.exe by ClICk YeS 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:
ClICk YeS  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
32f855e4989527ac0dd221d5653d52f1

SHA-1:
ffaac883ef505e341080f5b35d0b94233f8c7944

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 5:02:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.ClICkYeS.Bundler (M)
16.5.14.23

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Feb28-144042-3e0664fa-d19f-4527-95f3-9269524fcc67.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\free mp4 player - vlc media player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/26/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ClICk YeS, O=ClICk YeS, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
36D341C5DDDC360062ABB683C60335D0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/28/2015 10:40:42 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:lMiy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKh2sLkx1sF/Mv9PinYmAQtDhzjK0eRUapqoIcN5PVh:lbSaE4mvt/XUE8uins+DljYUapqCQjqX

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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