vlc media player.exe

ciminatio infirme calco XLIII-II

Condestil Developments s.l.

This belongs to a Solimba product that may be bundled with additional PUPs or may be part of an ad-supported software program. The application vlc media player.exe, “do invenio gaudium” by Condestil Developments s.l 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 Solimba DownloadMR installer. It uses the Solimba download manager to push adware offers during the download and setup process. Bundled adware includes search and shopping web browser toolbars.
Publisher:
modio pluvia adficio  (signed by Condestil Developments s.l.)

Product:
ciminatio infirme calco XLIII-II

Description:
do invenio gaudium

Version:
34.95.94.94

MD5:
a0757708db9ff1fd53dabc6a5010b9e5

SHA-1:
6f1b7b1e4ea309daf5567590ac4b9bd837bf0f67

SHA-256:
320983354233e285f071ec657e56c07ae225890144fbe286e67f486d7640aeec

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
12/26/2024 2:43:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Condesti (M)
16.5.18.13

File size:
537.7 KB (550,624 bytes)

Product version:
72.79.5.31

Copyright:
Copyright duo iungo eximius quovis

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/24/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/24/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Condestil Developments s.l., O=Condestil Developments s.l., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
43F850AA43DAD92FF6603BEB72F415DD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/20/2014 12:42:05 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/P/uS5fAsKTCvFN5lQ2EAQCVQRdkuG+66fBP5J4kxcW49iI0kIJT:/P/uStKTE57HSjj9xJcW49iFT

Entry address:
0xDEDC

Entry point:
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Code size:
113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

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