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COnfirmed aPp nln

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 COnfirmed aPp nln 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:
COnfirmed aPp nln  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
0d5b704cc5948ee98fa6119e91568828

SHA-1:
2ecd362b4b663c57ad9e6543eaefdda6e4433f38

SHA-256:
5cfdb618a925291ecd002dc111bb31288eca8e06bb32488c3bd73ae923a53671

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:
12/27/2024 7:35:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.COnfirmedaPpnln.Bundler (M)
15.11.19.16

File size:
1 MB (1,099,000 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr14-082807-4b968366-2676-41d7-8aa0-e3734ad289ef.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
COnfirmed aPp nln

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/12/2015 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 10:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=COnfirmed aPp nln, O=COnfirmed aPp nln, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
5C6B123E686654AFD5EA691C625BE3A0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/14/2015 6:28:08 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5bSaE4mvt/O/wCOjPMII2As4jK0Qlki9gngwJJMaK:5bSv4mvA4KsYKRAgs9K

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:
7.5466

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.0124j.info/1429000089/1429000089/.../bT0uMzA1LR5iNTIuMzExIWg3Ki4sMy4mazssImpqbVx1YHRrX2hhN0tjbHVtJmJ2YHFsZDsjaHF0bSMuXR8qZB0yY21mcG1rbCZxb2lxY2UsXmQfKmRedG0lL2RoZWxqbWolL2ZzZ19haWRfZiUvZnNqXiEsXjAmMSs1IjBhc2NmMSolL2Zzal4pLCYvJjUqd2ZsLi4oXXZdJmF5a19oZV1mX2VlOlZJQSZsZll3XXIjZmZqYGpbZWM1VklDKG5nXXNdcB5pYG9rOy0idGFuNTI

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