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vlc_setup.exe

VLC Media Player Installer

Savvy

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application vlc_setup.exe, “Deploy VLC Media Player along with various offers” by Savvy has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Downloader installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. 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:
Savvy  (signed and verified)

Product:
VLC Media Player Installer

Description:
Deploy VLC Media Player along with various offers

Version:
2.0.4

MD5:
f218ff0b2d3d94e27ea59afad3ae0d28

SHA-1:
8d38b43f73bf539ab794111862e9f96c0809e591

SHA-256:
fda11f6f894b1df718b79304e9b368b6c669dc62380c5833f6b3211ceecabf49

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

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:
11/16/2024 3:06:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3348

Bkav FE
W32.Clod81b.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
17893

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch (variant)
8.9507

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Fam.NB
11/23/2014

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of firefox_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.11.23.17

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.2.2.29

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloadster
v2014.09.18.07

McAfee
Artemis!09A931BD7916
5600.6995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Savvy.J
14.9.26.15

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0928
7.2.261

VIPRE Antivirus
MyWebSearch Toolbar (not malicious)
27128

File size:
1.2 MB (1,308,520 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4

Copyright:
© downloadster.org

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Savvy

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/13/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
8/14/2014 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Savvy, O=Savvy, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=4th floor, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, PostalCode=94105, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
397CE208945051D16EBC051D5ED4B1EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/20/2013 2:42:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jM7YKmIr51DH4awRTPMuW5Ql3KKM5po/Y/XXngoty0IETeiGQ6k6TJAK:j6zLUj3Kp0/KngoYfXnTz

Entry address:
0x1053F0

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.5141

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1 MB (1,064,448 bytes)

The file vlc_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 17 URLs.

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