» vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup_2.exe
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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup_2.exe

Setup

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_2.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.

File name:

Publisher:

CONFIRMED app NLN (signed and verified)

Product:

Setup

Version:

1.9.3.0

MD5:

adfbb37d89b9f98de6de084381f120c9

SHA-1:

207e2f70074acbf44d178a53cbe2ad6e22f6abaa

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 1:10:19 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Outbrowse (M)

16.11.20.20

File size:

1.1 MB (1,152,152 bytes)

Product version:

1.9.3.0

Setup

Original file name:

Ionic.Zip-2015Mar14-130024-71b0d53b-c237-4997-91a5-a52fb916ece8.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\programs\vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup_2.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

CONFIRMED app NLN

Authority:

thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

3/12/2015 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:

26AE6A3F0DA4DEDB77445ADC3A65A5A7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

3/14/2015 8:00:24 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:ibSaE4mvt/BjpTeJOsRpQOnwnL+JpfffgCX:ibSv4mvPjpTeDvQOwnLupj

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.5770

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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