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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:
8a7e0d4dc344cdb4d8c6500d5ee6481e

SHA-1:
fb80ac8eb905f6bf7677f419977bc6499abd33fc

SHA-256:
e9cdef6244f7562c6b9e975396d596ea80548c4c3b61cba16b77746945a10cb0

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 8:53:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.9.2.20

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,784 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar10-044018-bba6dbd4-e836-4fc3-bc53-38c06c3a8aa1.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:
BESt install tll

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/9/2015 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:
47B53219F51F0C2A261EB0695E1E7E4B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2015 11:40:18 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:abSaE4mvt/L+aw3tMZ9nzJvYOtnCSB2A:abSv4mv9+bu9nzJvY6Bk

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5749

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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