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VLC_Media_Player_Setup.exe

VLC Media Player

Download Assistant

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application VLC_Media_Player_Setup.exe by Download Assistant 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 AirInstaller Download Manager 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:
DownloadAsst_New  (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
VLC Media Player

Version:
3.0.0.104

MD5:
460545857da751945f05089444d0a596

SHA-1:
6011ee5bae2fd4b75950565268f5ffb946dfb4a6

SHA-256:
e44500a88e4d3151e6ed91593b1b09eaf213d52ac5934f4daf07207ae05e748f

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:22:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.6.22.15

File size:
960.7 KB (983,728 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.104

Copyright:
(c) DownloadAsst_New

Original file name:
VLC_Media_Player_Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\vlc_media_player_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/15/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/22/2015 5:19:36 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5/WKbuI8Xseb1TYwEzpGhKXmkfzGv/jdgLTeCjO++prNw/lvlWMjIUwmDw9vnbj:55bGXswYfmkfzS/WLT9j7ercj5IUxi

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0534

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574 KB (587,776 bytes)

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

http://v.evdls.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.downloadtree.net/vlc-2.2.0.exe&sid=VLC Media Player Windows 8.1-US&uid=3374682&key=3bbb68520e0bbc5672321a240d4f71f049daf98c814dde2f198438a8af4f532a&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../vlc-product.jpg&n=VLC Media Player&filename=VLC_Media_Player_Setup

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