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vlc player.exe

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CLick trUst opt

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 player.exe by CLick trUst opt 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:
CLick trUst opt  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
06a696c05b3b67d9f428becd23bfac1e

SHA-1:
25ff0078db984dadbcb2767c22a1a20057ee1895

SHA-256:
9fee372ddd312148650bfa2da373be8292bf51b005f19a5f66125c956658e051

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:
1/15/2025 4:09:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.11.26.1

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar08-213631-d02f6fba-0f67-4f17-84fb-270b719a095d.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CLick trUst opt

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/7/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=CLick trUst opt, O=CLick trUst opt, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
3EEF44F7DB6886944B95F12758C93575

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/8/2015 2:36:31 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EbSaE4mvt/92cIs9g6xR04thp79Qs8T3kR2e2:EbSv4mv72yNrTJG1jkb2

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5744

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

The file vlc player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.down1211group.info/.../1425850591/1425850591?64328649365YWFxMzA5bDQuLzAzLyNiNSwtKjEtIWY5Ly4sLS0dazcsIGxvbVxvX2trW2hfOVBjbG9sHWJyYG9uaTsjYnBrbR8uWyEvZB0sYmRmbG1pbitxb2NwWmUoXmIhL2RebmwcL2BoY25vbWofLl1zY19fa2lfZh8uXXNmXh8uYzAmKyosIixhcWVrMSofLl1zZl4nLisvJi8pbmZoLiwqYnZdIGBwa1toY19rX2VfOU1JPSZqaF53XWwiXWZmYGhdamM1UEg6KGpnW3VicB5jX2ZrNzAgdmZuNSwiWmk3Yl9wMTU

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