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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

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Safe inStAll 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 Safe inStAll 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:
Safe inStAll OPt  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
b9c8d683f5446ecedef6a70d3107d4b8

SHA-1:
6c43b422a59fed0921083d0076cc620d41bdd42a

SHA-256:
f4b21e1a465fa464e8449546fe8bd3711922759bd8d59804b66cae2fa0b2035b

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:
11/6/2024 12:54:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.10.10.5

File size:
1.1 MB (1,102,032 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015May02-062501-f217ba78-510a-479a-9e50-229f77949ef9.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:
Safe inStAll OPt

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/30/2015 7:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=Safe inStAll OPt, O=Safe inStAll OPt, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
491A40F82F56114B1832E9479B780B0A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/2/2015 1:25:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yMiy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKh2sbIX+M8KsdL8+j1N+VP3ihxGCgvaTSa1LLkIdJ1:ybSaE4mvt/Hkg+M8V51N+9MxA8fJ6F

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:
7.5491

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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