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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

SAfe store btw

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 SAfe store btw 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:
SAfe store btw  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
5ed6a0b3c1204b1639bdeebe963c35e8

SHA-1:
e40b3780aa010869f21f41fbfe7b1db5a6d4ff49

SHA-256:
c4bd047cc34e5dca31e3e42c7d8e623544e435145b07741cd3f9b6f1bff0ddb5

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:
12/26/2024 7:06:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.SAfestorebtw.Bundler (M)
16.2.22.20

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,656 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar05-162349-81515bbf-adc7-4b7c-a8d9-697144931590.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:
SAfe store btw

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/1/2015 7:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=SAfe store btw, O=SAfe store btw, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
17CBBE0728CAFFBA17B8BF560EAEFA7E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2015 11:23:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:PbSaE4mvt/X4T1KhP/q+2+ngVhzQeJOVtIO:PbSv4mvl4T1Kx2QgVhkX

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:
7.5742

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.down1208life.info/.../1425572623/1425572623?85950168787X2BrMTY ajUqMS4xMR1fPTEvMCovH2Q4KS85ODIeZzUqHmtpamR0XWxnWWZdOE1HQypHXV1hWiNLY1x5ZGwjKyYqJjFYIWR4aFlmYVxmXGRgPVVGOyRFXlxkWCZQa1txXmokKikoKTZgIF5iZF5mXGRgPXVmWyYqJykpLVwtdmNmLCpsXW9sayZoXWdnNS4edWBrPTE

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