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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

Yes Apps

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 Yes Apps 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:
Yes Apps  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
5443c5c270696e87212a5fdaa6418b7a

SHA-1:
953fc36640c2f99799fdda4a6fca32468951d8c5

SHA-256:
94d206b70415be97514cce9e0e80662fea80a22e6e78eaebdcce37afd03c1eb0

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:
12/24/2024 5:37:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
1.1 MB (1,162,544 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar17-085040-9e1605ca-9824-4d8d-8d50-f30d9d75dd86.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:
Yes Apps

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
1/27/2015 10:34:38 PM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 11:27:41 PM

Subject:
CN=Yes Apps, O=Yes Apps, L=DUBLIN, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00BBF41B37FA0CDBB9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/17/2015 3:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6Miy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhmsXZ4HiTqE/YlYo+LuaYrYoOVaWXJQiV3tWuaypQ:6bSaE4mvt/Xe3TelYo+L8nOBt37E0G

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:
7.5825

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.downward1208.info/.../1426582237/1426582237?52381840633YmNxLTM3bD0rNjI0NCNcPCoxOCs0I2c7Lyw4MTQmaDouIW5vZ2NtX3RoXmpgO1NEQiNJZV5mXiZOaVl4XW4rLCsuKTReHmNxamFnZmBpX2pdPE5IQyVKYl9nXiNPZF15X28oLSwuJjVZImZjaWJpX2pdPG5oYycvKywsM1ksb2VuLS9wYHJyaCVhX29oOjIheGZoPCoiY2Y6ZGByMS8

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