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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

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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:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
42fd809584f518a9d13e397c904627e4

SHA-1:
4f7fe33886a5d19f3a00d7639c5c4ff5830065bb

SHA-256:
dbbfdb21c219fafdb7b840f90d601cff8b3d7c4e96d3d413051b4ae375a20e68

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:
11/14/2024 6:03:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.clicktru.Bundler (M)
16.5.15.18

File size:
1.1 MB (1,160,432 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar22-102713-8dc73c11-c6d5-406c-8192-b42545d218ee.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
click trust oPT

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2015 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 9:59:59 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:
711673135A8792E22E2F6A822BCF11C7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/22/2015 8:27:13 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TbSaE4mvt/cPsLn7N6lG1O0Xf37RexDyHj:TbSv4mvGPs77OGHXf3wC

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5813

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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