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vlc media player.exe

TOV AKVA-POLYANA

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 TOV AKVA-POLYANA 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.
Publisher:
TOV AKVA-POLYANA  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8b35ff71a629785ee5b640ea62766496

SHA-1:
9ab1bf26597cc0a16f35cb8b30101649789652dd

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 5:01:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.7.16.9

File size:
572.8 KB (586,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\vlc media player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TOV AKVA-POLYANA

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/19/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/20/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TOV AKVA-POLYANA, O=TOV AKVA-POLYANA, L=Selo Polyana, S=Selo Polyana, C=UA

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

Serial number:
66B89985E05F28B84FF951788235ECBD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 6:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:53/9qw7bYMZ5mxdgVvi/FncU8l38hX46M2Mz73do26wDU2FT7d:5573Z5mvgwdS8hoqGLdobw/Ff

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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