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vlc-2.2.3-win32.exe

Arne Koenig

The application vlc-2.2.3-win32.exe by Arne Koenig 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.vlc-download.de.
Publisher:
Arne Koenig  (signed and verified)

MD5:
958264c9e84d2bdf059c834eb202d106

SHA-1:
e0297d1050626a58bf55784fc2f6b7a93e7c6c5b

SHA-256:
787f40605ff53c6a6229455583319854d4560e2354b3f0bc7ceb3ee9f24c320e

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.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 4:31:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArneKoen.Installer (M)
16.5.8.23

File size:
29.3 MB (30,680,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\vlc-2.2.3-win32.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Arne Koenig

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
8/17/2015 7:22:40 PM

Valid to:
11/4/2018 7:29:51 PM

Subject:
CN=Arne Koenig, O=Arne Koenig, L=Verden, S=Niedersachsen, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112156400F30E98EC0755AF2B124F4872F61

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/12/2014 5:03:30 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:WjTP1bGQsSP5ddoQakTnbrbcXJFchOz6cEkkaqAqO623ok9by:Wtbvsgdja2bEJF4OzXnPqO6Us

Entry address:
0x30B6

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 78, 37, 42, 00, E8, 95, 2D, 00, 00, A3, C4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 80, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, C0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 3F, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 2D, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9985

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file vlc-2.2.3-win32.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.vlc-download.de/vlc-2.2.3-win32.exe

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