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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

click trust opT

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe by click trust opT 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 OutBrowse Revenyou installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the VideoLAN VLC media player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
click trust opT  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
9aab8f323ae6e310e60a227539f0e52c

SHA-1:
3d8c671913273b32aaba4b1a96ca532029d75d66

SHA-256:
e0dbde33d6792c1140a09521664f566ea8209bb0bf8e81b396dc5380aecf910c

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 12:47:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.clicktru.Bundler (M)
16.7.1.13

File size:
1.1 MB (1,160,512 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar18-090455-4b99d780-bf14-41dd-8ad8-95b44040629c.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
click trust opT

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/16/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=click trust opT, O=click trust opT, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2DED1B7D5C81898CA25652B6EF8A0EE1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/18/2015 4:04:55 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xMiy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhnslwfAE/4lYo+L6aYrEgO9+WXJQehT/WuCypVQEd:xbSaE4mvt/eGAMlYo+LQ3OFx5jE1i

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5823

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

The file vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.blue1208.info/.../1426669496/1426669496?06556467637Z19vMDI7ajYrNi45MCFfNy4vMSs0H2w3LS8zNTIfaDoqJmptal5xXW1oXmZlN1FHPSdHXl5mWitKZ1xzYWwkLCsqLjBcIV51aFpnZlxuW2hgN1JGPCVKXmRjXCZKaFtyX28kMigsKTBdIF9jaV5uW2hgN3JmXCcvJzEoMVwnc2NnLS9sZW5wayBlXWhoOi4mdGRrNy4gXGY6YGVuLzI

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