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vlc_media_player_downloader.exe

Cheng Du VTools Information Technology

The application vlc_media_player_downloader.exe by Cheng Du VTools Information Technology has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.freenew.net.
Publisher:
Cheng Du VTools Information Technology  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f19174e0db21ff45ca1de19e87aab7ba

SHA-1:
bef51c92cc91c2ee54344cd61f2b51b746e8b42d

SHA-256:
7c75c61ee1bf86372e4f8d13e3e74d8e70289498418fb243a68f15539050d7b6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 5:01:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.7.30.9

File size:
926.8 KB (949,072 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc_media_player_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cheng Du VTools Information Technology

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/11/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/26/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cheng Du VTools Information Technology, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Cheng Du VTools Information Technology, L=ChengDu, S=SiChuan, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1B5D68E0AFA12E8F1159C668DD228431

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2013 5:49:03 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+zP343H+IwX8RmpsId0J/y8BiZJkUMR1P3:cOenX8RmpsZK8BiZbc1P

Entry address:
0x1FB2D0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 55, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, EA, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.6425

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
644 KB (659,456 bytes)

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

http://www.freenew.net/.../get.htm?id=68634

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