» vlc media player.exe
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vlc media player.exe

StART Playing

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 media player.exe by StART Playing 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:

StART Playing (signed and verified)

MD5:

fd5cf223f1405247883294d5cb1bbe8d

SHA-1:

5a25a1245965b76ebc183b20e9b218db96d8e19c

SHA-256:

d8df0a9572d4971c73e9661667cfe7bf45cf8e8062c6011cf9e34fa4d739ccec

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 3:46:28 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Outbrowse.StARTPla.Bundler (M)

16.4.9.0

File size:

573.8 KB (587,568 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

StART Playing

Authority:

thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

1/19/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

12/12/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=StART Playing, O=StART Playing, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

58DF35F2B2CFE8E44EF980DD11E01B9F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/6/2009 12:50:52 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:pYI5HSxHOOMuKIX0p6poP1vtN7DPFbwjIY7OnQrBHI:pbyUOMCCKoP1rXmjHGQri

Entry address:

0x30FA

Entry point:

81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00... 
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Entropy:

7.9707

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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