installer_vlc_media_player_english.exe

The application installer_vlc_media_player_english.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from 330789229.r.worldcdn.net.
MD5:
e6968c40be11ff805318928e9a225059

SHA-1:
9c054676b5d586d25c81eddcd9b745c0b891a45b

SHA-256:
6b83aa9aaf24afec712cae91dadc192d2139592fcff9f190cb81c9083c70fc2f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 4:12:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Bundler.Meta (M)
16.5.20.1

File size:
1.2 MB (1,272,829 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uwiH/1fkmIJ8DvZwhjnsLRnGTACplh8QIuBk5hkFm:C/1Z2jsMTAIhquBk5

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7424

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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