vlc-player.exe

High Tech Marketing SL

The application vlc-player.exe by High Tech Marketing SL has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from track.adjal.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
High Tech Marketing SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
32144a8c862dcde7a6682006c4bbee9a

SHA-1:
3f6a331aa5da228e930f58369bedb4f5996e32e9

SHA-256:
dfc35966bedb12f21302854282c3f38f4d136a725ce4e6b2dce1df52fc8d59d7

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 11:34:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140127

Bkav FE
W32.Clod2c5.Trojan
1.3.0.4923

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.837
9.0.1.027

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Montiera
v2014.01.27.03

McAfee
Artemis!92635AC39C7E
5600.7237

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HighTechMarketingSL.K
14.5.9.15

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0809
7.2.27

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
25850

File size:
2.3 MB (2,425,832 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/4/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/5/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=High Tech Marketing SL, O=High Tech Marketing SL, L=Huesca, S=Huesca, C=ES

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

Serial number:
6EB1401795602AF167EEDEC95628B32C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:TW3TCF6sdWG2fMPLXKZCFRg9YaItV7+4oAjO6jmKqSsAmVx:TusdtQZmV64oPK0JVx

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file vlc-player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 8 URLs.

http://track.adjal.com/aff_c?offer_id=3410&aff_id=10092&url_id=13616&aff_sub=venezuela

http://track.adjal.com/aff_c?offer_id=3410&aff_id=10092&url_id=13616&aff_sub=brasil

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