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Video Codec

The application setup.exe, “Video Codec setup” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 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 geo.downloads-center.com.
Publisher:
Video Codec

Product:
Video Codec

Description:
Video Codec setup

Version:
1.14

MD5:
6e7803aac68c85667cf9fefe94db879f

SHA-1:
1e28b7844d2f3d7ba316ab5bfb7d607d038c8c9d

SHA-256:
c865b3156c50b8e74b70be66e16f7ce5caadb10c5560e0b7fb747d9a125bee33

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 4:28:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Clam AntiVirus
Adware.Downware-1
0.98/18155

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.229
9.0.1.0195

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Bundlore
10.7034

File size:
364.6 KB (373,382 bytes)

Copyright:
© Video Codec (video_codec_C76_AUTO_WITHPOST)

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 10:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:1sgykWnOQaCuKLo7RlgpcLcf7FiZM7Vg3u/OGfaGxzIUKm1ikEz0Mk/j:tykW91Lo7PXcfpNuzGf5t7Kmo0rj

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:
7.8597

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://geo.downloads-center.com/geo/gd/downloads/VLC/.../setup.exe

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