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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

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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:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
83c6bf6885fdfb6b1eefe4b8b0736b55

SHA-1:
ce35ae724c812d68398d79e39a4a402341b4fddb

SHA-256:
9554fb4d7724fedefe387326969c385666f737fce4b054ca60dc889a9ad8885b

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 7:34:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.9.25.3

File size:
1 MB (1,099,592 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr08-074409-b740313d-ba8e-41e0-b9a7-9703440f23d2.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:
Yes appS

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/5/2015 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:
3CC87B7F988859B65ED7BC991EE24DBC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/2015 2:44:09 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2bSaE4mvt/KhAohKskspnCGSAf2IO/Gufs:2bSv4mv0hNKskuSAf2u

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5468

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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