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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

JUSt AccepT

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 JUSt AccepT 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.

File name:

Publisher:

JUSt AccepT (signed and verified)

Product:

Setup

Version:

1.9.3.0

MD5:

a9473c47a7f73ca0744e199f5588e605

SHA-1:

703fe4f396c8d02aa51f730561a3266204efbeac

SHA-256:

dea7f001dc0e6dbb87faa2282440a3140e0921570576837510b0a4eed7d8e0a6

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:

11/24/2024 2:33:36 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Outbrowse (M)

17.3.7.10

File size:

1.1 MB (1,146,656 bytes)

Product version:

1.9.3.0

Setup

Original file name:

Ionic.Zip-2015Mar07-200231-72014dc6-3d10-4623-9bde-56f32f277d69.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:

JUSt AccepT

Authority:

thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

3/1/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:

12/18/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=JUSt AccepT, O=JUSt AccepT, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

564812E7B9997C17A1B57D250B54DB20

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

3/8/2015 3:02:31 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.5751

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.down1212group.info/.../1425758528/1425758528?78607917051YF1uMjA2bzYxNDQyLiBkNik0MTEyJWU1LDQyMDcfbjgwH2hsb11sYm1uXGxeNVBMPCJMXmRkYCRIZmFyXHEkMikwJy5bJl1wbVptZGJnWWdlNk1LPCtIZF1hWytJY2ByZW0qKyYrLi9YJV9pZ2RnWWdlNm1rXC0tLSomMGEmbmhnMy1yXmxvcB9gYmhuODQfcmNwNik

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