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setup.exe

VLC classic

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The application setup.exe, “Install VLC video player with a special skin” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. 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 cdn01.downloads-center.com.
Publisher:
vlcplayerdownload.com

Product:
VLC classic

Description:
Install VLC video player with a special skin

Version:
1.14

MD5:
ffadf79314e55166fdab77edf9bd2c82

SHA-1:
1ae1d7d7d8bacbd60bd6c1d0d26cf37d803c60ce

SHA-256:
bc36bcacee093504cb1706fe8e50da98a151b58b419121b2d42067ade31630f4

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 4:22:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
NSIS:Ezula-BG [Adw]
2014.9-160209

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.661
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
7.0.302.0

G Data
NSIS:Ezula-BG
16.2.22

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!FFADF79314E5
18.0.204.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4754986
46800

File size:
450.1 KB (460,866 bytes)

Copyright:
© vlcplayerdownload.com (VLCclassic_C63_AUTO_Post_red5)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5s8k96kADapzng/cTrRy+dSt6Rsd65vYLWH4WWwesHSaYK3Ew3N6CW1Q5oVeI8v:efpbYcT9xd8usAZWbA/3pW1ioiv

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8922

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://cdn01.downloads-center.com/geo/downloads/VLC/geo/.../setup.exe

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