setup_vlc_media_player.exe

The application setup_vlc_media_player.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.1download.io.
MD5:
78b5f28bef709414ac57f430a9413b99

SHA-1:
3d474caf55ace5d5943e0e0bbc5ded480dd596d7

SHA-256:
de19a751db19a62dcd57ac7386f91e490b023f9257bf78b3b3cd7b462d8d3de4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 12:33:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAssistant.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M)
16.2.15.14

File size:
577 KB (590,898 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/28/2015 3:33:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:AczxU1b/Q7oJa8lm2UcCPj75z1UBsZInpO/Mug76xeHUsbhzb:AcxQb/3jUc2jNCBsZIpO//Xxa

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
6.7693

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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