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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:
1672d4fd3dbf631902b650cde94bd7f8

SHA-1:
d2003e499a3012ed600dacada7285a51ed492959

SHA-256:
d85f6dc244e049c41644f9469186ef9e080dbe9460e529bf6184a20f58e1a502

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 5:27:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.8.15.19

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Feb28-224020-8d6bd7a8-d2e5-48ed-a1e4-88d3f965d4ee.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:
2/18/2015 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:
36B3501BA8072C657E2E4801843200D3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/1/2015 5:40:20 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+Miy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhhs7oCF/YvdRyHYKAGtfhzjKkeNakVSoIc1nfVlNW:+bSaE4mvt/EYx0yHwQfljgakVSsb0sTC

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5742

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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