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vlc_player.exe

GLobal Apps Roi

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application vlc_player.exe by GLobal Apps Roi has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downloadstable.com.
Publisher:
GLobal Apps Roi  (signed and verified)

MD5:
efc18534a61dabe09c5065dab94912f6

SHA-1:
1d6fee2a9efb5d7413e8279902014ecbbddb99c6

SHA-256:
40db0a0c44dca302179e168f597a50d4643dcd9d31cb8b211b80897d1c365d5c

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
11/23/2024 11:12:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13285151
5762672

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.06.17

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Trojan.Generic.DCAB71F
1.0.0.425

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
150602-1

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3076

Bitdefender
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13285151
1.0.20.835

Dr.Web
Trojan.OutBrowse.370
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13285151
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
6/16/2015

F-Secure
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13285151
5.14.151

G Data
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13285151
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.205.16253

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.e
17.6.569.0

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13285151
16.0.0.501

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dqxkmd
0.30.24.2086

Norman
Dropped:Trojan.Generic.13285151
02.06.2015 14:23:46

Quick Heal
Adware.NSIS.OutBrowse.A
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.Bundler
15.6.16.13

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.30DDBD66
7.2.167

Trend Micro
TROJ_GE.30DDBD66
10.465.16

Vba32 AntiVirus
Hoax.PornoAsset
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5085447
40828

File size:
578 KB (591,848 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GLobal Apps Roi

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/8/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=GLobal Apps Roi, O=GLobal Apps Roi, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3598DF18676023FB8791118EE633B331

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 3:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9Lm8TzobW+sA97V15Ltx4WummFwCfmJKDUyTcoR5G+9L/AVEPkRscR:9L3TzoH9ndXLtO+JKYgpR539UE/M

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9425

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://download.downloadstable.com/download/880/.../

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