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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

APPS Market aBc

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 APPS Market aBc 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:
APPS Market aBc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
7af9d9299f9a63db8166ccbc450624da

SHA-1:
fc6c04d14eee8054febceaa01a49d8e28a93e120

SHA-256:
0d70312bb035ed900c6f19b4e17f846bf1fca731a60bd6858c05703e27ee1860

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:
11/1/2024 4:28:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.APPSMark.Bundler (M)
16.4.6.13

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Feb27-054951-a0b6b4b9-c9c6-4dd0-bf06-6f5a9c7ad91a.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:
APPS Market aBc

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/25/2015 7:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=APPS Market aBc, O=APPS Market aBc, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
7E0670C0286FAAC71CAE0E4DF78945EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2015 12:49:51 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VMiy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhCsos7IiOiQF/8v1DQzYsA8tRhzjQMe9YUNyoIc1J:VbSaE4mvt//hsF0SQzqKRljiYUNycvZ

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:
7.5744

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.down234tech.info/.../1425016195/1425016195?31924227269ZGRrMzI9bjYvMyw2NR1iOTAzMS8xHWk8KTI1NzYfbDcoI29pbWBzYW1sW2RiPE1KPylLXmJjWChPY191Y3AkMCgoKzVYJGB3bFprY1prYGRjOVRKPClHXGFoWClMal9yY2wiLy0oLDJfJF9nZlxrYGRjOXRqXCssJS4tLV8pdWdnMSxqYnNsbiJnYWhsNywjYmM7Y2NyKzMgcWZvNDA

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