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setup.exe

VLC Plus

vlcplayerdownload.com

The application setup.exe, “Install VLC video player with a special skin” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 17 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 www.vlcplayerdownload.com.
Publisher:
vlcplayerdownload.com

Product:
VLC Plus

Description:
Install VLC video player with a special skin

Version:
1.14

MD5:
5e348917370c4db8a79aca8fe917b975

SHA-1:
205a984b085012f9495884ccde3a42577b1383ba

SHA-256:
d14e2d3d2b919b9982856a537f29ca77ae899d8ee7386efb34d333abb1d01df3

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 10:37:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Zugo.C.2
7.11.137.70

avast!
NSIS:Ezula-BC [Adw]
2014.9-140713

Baidu Antivirus
AdWare.Win32.Bundlore
4.0.3.14713

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.Agent.~fgh
17937

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.113
9.0.1.0194

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Bundlore
8.9547

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Adware_fam.NB
7/13/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.176.11451

Malwarebytes
Trojan.FakeVLC
v2014.07.13.06

McAfee
Adware-Downware.gen.a
5600.7071

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downware.yrefc
0.28.0.58394

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.07.13.06

Sophos
Generic PUA CA
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.RCBCEE7
7.2.194

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.RCBCEE7
10.465.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Bundlore
27426

File size:
484.6 KB (496,241 bytes)

Copyright:
© vlcplayerdownload.com (VLCclassic_CL22_AUTO)

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):
6144:5sAk96kADfDsTNUUYaEI7ENC+NAulM74IdUqrXo06+AyBaqRprpmkmsBh4JHxbqE:KCgdv1YAUM74uUqrXp6Vqfpm4kRbtF

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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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://www.vlcplayerdownload.com/download/.../setup.exe

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