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vlc_media_player.exe

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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.
Publisher:
One Floor App  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

Version:
12.0

MD5:
62e03f8fe3558ba18830b75c0da8ec24

SHA-1:
f71aa4be817ace15368ab7b2f623f08f7fb5ad0b

SHA-256:
afbc6ae76edec5230cb44a423185d778b0146cb8bd5163c83b3e15e5ed400446

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:
11/30/2024 10:51:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Widdit.OneFloorApp.Bundler (M)
16.2.29.13

File size:
898.5 KB (920,072 bytes)

Product version:
12.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2012, www.simplytech.com

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:
4/6/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/6/2016 8:59:59 PM

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 5:19:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:cxGaCDpMkdGp9qFoCazZj+AFjyCYRK+ILTfBLXSYo:ha99qOZj57+CK

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)

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

http://bigd.simplyinstaller.com/.../downloadmanagerhtml.ashx?src=adorika_ads_1fa&appid=205405&dp=LqOPtmbfswtzAwz6EsaioaFReGaaae_vd8LXi0_c_76_amSew21Wsgjn0GqMaabzTPqne9rdObNimQqJqddaOrdastMcJAOg0aGg00aalbdpRns5B11iduL3ckqlz6RawD013Yl2guCpLCt7sctTe8tuHqbiijrj-eCLcIVSfisjPO2NWkAUQ-8_GQ9JvsBGKvvNjleMf2OvzmxAtwyUGBbE5kTMhRMqQnk961zYXgQYNzjqXRefOryPC2rYI8fiyy24QQ25D0IRwiRLItVJx8IC8RDMQXJbiadMv7IOCxWAWf9Pre0fvOjiJbobnzSKVtTN5qmqa4G-tkZuvfnfimYZdXobbmSqhycqkcCKMyHW5sriAOUgHrG1DHGJZEo3NqOaPkg72aO7GNg9gUkovX4EfEoqAaijHTInvbGNMfc_J6R8l-sUCkekxHktXta&c=1&sc=1&db=true&uus=C0-F0-6C-F9-88-F5-EA-15-4B-19-FE-26-F5-F2-1C-41

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