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vlc player.exe

Mari Mara

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 Mari Mara 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the VideoLAN VLC media player but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Mari Mara  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1370cf686a7bf71665de2833bb155b15

SHA-1:
6b3dec64b4624a1055d47474b1100ebd3dc7ea2f

SHA-256:
816668ae910fa994511bd0cad8dfc6047369ee674f2ddf118e1b07ce942189ef

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 3:38:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.MariMara.Bundler (M)
16.2.18.7

File size:
573.5 KB (587,280 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\vlc player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mari Mara

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/11/2014 10:10:16 AM

Valid to:
11/12/2015 10:10:16 AM

Subject:
CN=Mari Mara, O=Mari Mara, L=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
112167C220B9C5568C1F2BDF4D04BEE1E24C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ej9feiTkoykTf7j8YZAm+9O/ulMVAMLI1QqnjDJf9J:E52mkoykTf7Ym+8GWmMLGjDJfn

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)

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

http://get.down1012.org/1419146321/get5?p=15593&d=21257&l=20431&n=1&productname=Setup&exeurl= http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/videolan/vlc/2.1.5/.../vlc-2.1.5-win32.exe&dynamicname=VLC player&filename=VLC player

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