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Dihaca

AVSoftware Ltd

The application vlc-media-player.exe, “Dihaca Setup ” by AVSoftware 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 Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.guardappshare.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AVSoftware Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
Dihaca

Description:
Dihaca Setup

MD5:
1db8fe45d2059d6c042fb802d623233f

SHA-1:
88a34e9ee19b8a5e6075e45ac08424e0eb4b7c28

SHA-256:
ac121ecd6d45c31b77a41819541918caa03615484d6d096af2aaa8cec547f0fc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 6:23:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.AVSoftwa.Installer (M)
16.4.22.16

File size:
975.5 KB (998,864 bytes)

Product version:
2.0

Copyright:
Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVSoftware Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/31/2015 8:25:52 PM

Valid to:
12/31/2016 8:25:52 PM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware Ltd, O=AVSoftware Ltd, L=Sofia, C=BG

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

Serial number:
112134814B6C56AF7047C195AE1D737EC185

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:aWu/YC96WfqtPJpGjUaBYA5QC/6Yrub7L/yucbV3V1tHz2r+:7u59qrGUJ+/5yb7Dyf9VyS

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9312

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file vlc-media-player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.guardappshare.com/c?x=XdHKm7hNzWESopcH8ag0FJK2kAojqQKOjZnKwbm23Y0=&c=uta1qZl0py53DtULjlWanThzV7dCIxOBiw1UW2TVSZOkAsLKwRoqjeUZPUJn2D2dXf kTNQxZVZlg9sBoW4bQe6rnJnocPUhWP9gIr8i0NZQSjLKuEhEofvW08RkKmQo&downloadAs=VLC-Media-Player.exe&fallback_url=https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/2.2.1/.../vlc-2.2.1-win32.exe

http://download.ilsimo.com/VLC-Media-Player.exe

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