» vlc_media_player_v2_2_4_final.exe
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vlc_media_player_v2_2_4_final.exe

Setup Soft.ware

SetupFlash (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application vlc_media_player_v2_2_4_final.exe by SetupFlash (New Media Holdings) 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 installCore 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:

adsafiliados (signed by SetupFlash (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:

Setup Soft.ware

Version:

1.0.6.45713

MD5:

6b5024af72ab2d300213dda9d7f9f0f9

SHA-1:

ddc4eeb8c9d61341eb7b02d2adbc3671c37ef197

SHA-256:

1249a82461a543612ff26b5e5803e7ec5c216fd0a414885ec77ae59183364c53

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:

11/17/2024 12:41:59 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)

17.3.15.20

File size:

1.1 MB (1,202,568 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.6.45713

adsafiliados

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc_media_player_v2_2_4_final.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

SetupFlash (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

3/17/2016 10:37:45 PM

Valid to:

7/9/2017 10:30:57 PM

Subject:

CN=SetupFlash (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=SetupFlash (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

11211D765201C9D05F729E4C67DC7BBF8A9C

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
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Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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