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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

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BESt install tll

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 BESt install tll 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:
BESt install tll  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
a9c8e0335bd779844808863706a076b6

SHA-1:
87b5309094bbeee31d64754f48b7536c140edf28

SHA-256:
10ddf696a1998e8474ebf94cd6aa142658ec39a6bc551431c7f1dd85e5ba8f63

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 8:53:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.9.11.22

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,784 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar10-043442-5d214450-75e3-4670-b752-e83ac9595977.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BESt install tll

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/9/2015 7:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=BESt install tll, O=BESt install tll, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
47B53219F51F0C2A261EB0695E1E7E4B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2015 11:34:42 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:RbSaE4mvt/4AjCw3tMZ9nzJvYOtnCSB2A:RbSv4mv2Ajzu9nzJvY6Bk

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5751

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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