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setup.exe

VLC Player

vlcplayerdownload.com

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 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 vlcplayerdownload.com.
Publisher:
vlcplayerdownload.com

Product:
VLC Player

Description:
VLC Plus setup

Version:
1.14

MD5:
5aa2622142684b06b0fb4b05e68ddab6

SHA-1:
e8bad014b96dc2d0edd7d712f10a330a6241fbf8

SHA-256:
8cf07cfe7bfe668d7731745fcbde4f64b0be08a7865f7ab076d70523da1818e5

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 9:34:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Zugo.C.2
7.11.197.38

avast!
NSIS:Ezula-BC [Adw]
2014.9-151221

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.4
9.0.1.0355

McAfee
Adware-Downware.gen.a
5600.6545

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downware.yrefc
0.28.6.64267

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_ZUGO
7.2.355

Trend Micro
ADW_ZUGO
10.465.21

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

File size:
395 KB (404,473 bytes)

Copyright:
© vlcplayerdownload.com (VLC_A03_AUTO(Conv_zugo))

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 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:csWk96kAD2mVOZkDQpbNr2YS+uve+f7rsgY4+5xqoSNxZyoMA:XDCOZiQpB6LFtQg6OnNxsoX

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:
7.8729

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

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