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setup_vlc_media_player.exe

VLC Media Player

Install Helper

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup_vlc_media_player.exe by Install Helper 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 Vittalia DM installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the VideoLAN VLC media player but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.

File name:

Publisher:

Install Helper (signed and verified)

Product:

VLC Media Player

Version:

3.0.0.84

MD5:

c57215b516315a04f528ce2036c2a854

SHA-1:

e786d757a2c8d241cef5c48c460c7bca99f8700a

SHA-256:

ea8c214ed8feda98f9d51dde874099cd4933c4eb74a3ae4e21eeeb25a5664261

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

11/4/2024 5:08:53 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Vittalia (M)

16.7.22.7

File size:

844.7 KB (864,936 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.84

Original file name:

setup_vlc_media_player.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Vittalia DM

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Install Helper

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

1/28/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/29/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Install Helper, O=Install Helper, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:

CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:

7CC3624C218D0B5B8DB87F5E4E3521B0

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

3/1/2015 7:22:23 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:CmrWIh1rgwCNX21OLU2VA20oFrzh5iUPbe:XLrrgw8XBX5biUPbe

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:

7.0556

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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

http://files.1download.io/.../download_vlc_media_player.php?cid=1274571035.1425255723&flag=us

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