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Bundlore Limited

This is the Bundlore download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Bundlore Limited 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 Bundlore Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.vlcclassic.com.
Publisher:
Bundlore Limited  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5.2

MD5:
16b86094e0305c1075c114feaf80191f

SHA-1:
8e8d58bdc502d9463065bf0cc7846523312af8d3

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 8:48:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundlore.Bundler (M)
16.2.24.13

File size:
143.8 KB (147,296 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bundlore Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bundlore Limited

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/11/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/12/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bundlore Limited, O=Bundlore Limited, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
232CE5297F2941A352148152A936FB93

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/8/2014 12:12:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ZZnkA6PpR/Xhm3aCKb6ERvYv5XcnSANSSsWjcdSp2Re+xgJgtMqc3b7T:vDWbKzKbQmSVdSme+xgJAncrH

Entry address:
0x3D7D

Entry point:
E8, 1E, 49, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F8, 8A, 41, 00, E8, 8D, 08, 00, 00, E8, EB, 4A, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B1, 48, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 92, 42, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
5.9871

Code size:
69 KB (70,656 bytes)

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

http://download.vlcclassic.com/.../setup.exe

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