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free mpeg4 player - vlc media player.exe

TiKi TaKa

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 mpeg4 player - vlc media player.exe by TiKi TaKa 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:
TiKi TaKa  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4b2dc48f24b68163c44b50a11f0ef021

SHA-1:
8a21eaad9d8dc5e5a976531ca258fe82e74d27fc

SHA-256:
596283d20db7af7d4724306ebdca6f5014bc4333c79cb9ac8a6e6a3730272fb6

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 4:27:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.TiKiTaKa.Bundler (M)
15.7.18.12

File size:
573.8 KB (587,560 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 mpeg4 player - vlc media player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TiKi TaKa

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/17/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TiKi TaKa, O=TiKi TaKa, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
3487E38E20A9221880B21663DD3A995D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:bsOfnYBEgXdMv+yADg4j+LgdLA8ENCr4DiUkZscdT4/oNe6DitAb/:bsGJg+4YgdLtwUsMsg8ftq/

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:
7.9705

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file free mpeg4 player - vlc media player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://r.flvplayer4free.com/setup-vlc-media-player.php?n=MPEG4

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