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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

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CONFIRMed App nln

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 CONFIRMed App nln 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:
CONFIRMed App nln  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
5a31636b8143a803c7f6bf60238ee43f

SHA-1:
d22f043f5b9beebc1114646955c224dd686fa5d4

SHA-256:
d86223e8238d379dbce07e87909de37922331b28c3a1db5211840a6d0d590199

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:
11/24/2024 2:38:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.11.22.6

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar09-055451-5b70e1ee-fba2-4ce7-bf8d-0c05f6d7804c.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CONFIRMed App nln

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/8/2015 7:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=CONFIRMed App nln, O=CONFIRMed App nln, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
518E9E1E13828858B63AB8E4E291EA33

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/9/2015 12:54:51 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:8bSaE4mvt/wWG3Q9SCPt0U5pBt1qM8T1AX6ig7:8bSv4mvCWGgLJ3DgVBAZE

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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