» vlc_media_player.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

vlc_media_player.exe

Installer

One Floor App

One Floor App (Simply Tech/Widdit) distributes and bundles potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) using its OneFloorApp install manager (SimplyInstaller). The application vlc_media_player.exe, “Installer Setup ” by One Floor App 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 Widdit Setup 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.

File name:

Publisher:

One Floor App (signed and verified)

Product:

Installer

Description:

Installer Setup

Version:

12.5

MD5:

95754154f60b2b81485c2fde9e6810e9

SHA-1:

d742e038214ce1247625c7e7439e52b64864eff7

SHA-256:

6c7b88f85938f910e57eecb71e02e5081875e025f0a05f6db9cba49b0b1d19eb

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:

11/23/2024 7:36:10 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Widdit (M)

17.3.15.17

File size:

900.5 KB (922,064 bytes)

Product version:

12.5

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Widdit Setup

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc_media_player.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

One Floor App

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

4/7/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

4/7/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=One Floor App, O=One Floor App, STREET=2 Ben Gurion, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=52573, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00A0F147ADC25ABB7A212B2A70DB63456F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/13/2013 10:19:32 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86... 
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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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