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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:
1.0.5.1

MD5:
7712bb87bafaa89f4b30cb19c444c484

SHA-1:
d3824fa706cb1c9a9206352d0d40a2a8a49dec1d

SHA-256:
7148399661c404b2946f850bf315a2e330ed0062fcfd0190e4c34b5eb988da8b

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 8:52:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundlore.Bundler (M)
16.5.10.9

File size:
143.8 KB (147,296 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bundlore Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bundlore Limited

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

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

Valid to:
9/12/2014 8:59:59 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:
3/3/2014 1:32:04 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:cZnkA6PpR/Xhm3aCKb6ERvYv5XcnSANSSsWjcdSp2Re+xWJgNMqcIb7k:YDWbKzKbQmSVdSme+xWJgncWg

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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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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