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vlc-media-player-32-bit.exe

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application vlc-media-player-32-bit.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Covus 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.downloads.techradar.com.

File name:

Publisher:

CHIP Digital GmbH (signed and verified)

Description:

CHIP Secured Installer

Version:

2.0.5.0

MD5:

19be40cd26d4e84e749353f6f7ee4bcb

SHA-1:

4f2afc594462445ea5b8ce895ad2983e031f7ee2

SHA-256:

43b7834bdd03b643ce74a2fee7846363e1eb3b399dd5bebb8a8a94693608b436

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially 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:

11/23/2024 8:01:31 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.ChipDigital.Bundler.Covus.Installer.Meta (M)

16.6.11.17

File size:

1.4 MB (1,466,400 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.5.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Covus

Language:

German (Germany)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc-media-player-32-bit.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

6/29/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/29/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, OU=Download Development, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, STREET=St.-Martin-Straße 66, L=München, S=Bayern, PostalCode=81541, C=DE

Issuer:

CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

2A68C822ECB5BBB6F677B31B69C07F78

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/25/2016 1:49:38 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:+q5TfcdHj4fmbqOB2qECIMeYyBMLL0oj+CWEzKJ9Ttr8Nuujf1W0zQJ9TtFiOye:+UTsamVBxLje5LujfQ58e

Entry address:

0x1E6900

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 30, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, E6, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B... 
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Entropy:

7.1565

Packer / compiler:

UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:

336 KB (344,064 bytes)

The file vlc-media-player-32-bit.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.downloads.techradar.com/downloadca/.../54384361?source=landingpage

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