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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:
e119199c53f8c726b0f1b094cbd2eefa

SHA-1:
c4b2b07fc2ad8e849be639d4a6e840d3642c1fbb

SHA-256:
cf5c763764132c0ad772d3d50914c353669d0ebf24a666fe3ec938bf70a062ec

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:
12/25/2024 4:30:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.YEsAPps.Bundler (M)
16.2.22.15

File size:
1.1 MB (1,152,112 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar16-103350-71acec07-9003-4a53-9626-c86d362a1c18.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:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=YEs APps, O=YEs APps, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
6898C3769A07D83FC360260C286BE7D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/16/2015 5:33:50 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YbSaE4mvt/Q7s/1aNdmeRb0H3yqqr+01Y/MV00e:YbSv4mva7sUdngCqQ+H/MV00e

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:
7.5780

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://get1.0113app.info/.../1426502026/1426502026?60753559018YWVtLS46azQxOC0zNh9fOi0wLzE2HmY9Ky82NDMdbjwpIHBramFwXmtuYGVfPU9HQCZIXGRoWSVQZVx2YG0iMi0pKDZaIWF0aVhtaFtoYWZgOlFHOitMXV5pWiZNZ1xwZXEjLC4qKTNcIV1pa11oYWZgOnFnWi0xJisuL1wqcmRlMzFrX3RuayNkXmZuPC0gemJrOi0hWmw8X190LTI

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