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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Dingo Baby Co

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe by Dingo Baby Co 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 Tightrope WebInstall 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.
Publisher:
Dingo Baby  (signed by Dingo Baby Co)

Product:
Dingo Baby

Version:
29.2.4.3925

MD5:
4864195520d195602ea79e79baac58f8

SHA-1:
10d0d37347a08b3353af8ad07896b26c07760bab

SHA-256:
1e304ee63d1b18b1533fa8f9ed9f84c841bd9843df22a32049c82ad906334908

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:
12/25/2024 5:00:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DingoBabyCo.Bundler (M)
15.11.7.11

File size:
870.6 KB (891,488 bytes)

Product version:
29.2.4.3925

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dingo Baby Co

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/2/2015 10:59:38 PM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 1:46:54 PM

Subject:
CN=Dingo Baby Co, O=Dingo Baby Co, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
21A1368CDBA8C88D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/22/2014 5:05:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tqtVCvB8FTu2tHU8Pn/KBturj/8VpnmdFxwI:iVCB8F62tHU8PniBUrjqnm99

Entry address:
0x4808

Entry point:
E8, 03, 91, 00, 00, E9, 0F, 8A, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 08, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 06, 8D, 47, FE, 5F, 5E, C3, 89, 7E, 2C, 89, 7E, 30, 89, 7E, 18, 89, 7E, 08, 89, 7E, 14, 89, 7E, 34, 39, 7E, 20, 75, 07, C7, 46, 20, F0, 80, 40, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 07, C7, 46, 24, 10, 81, 40, 00, 8B, 46, 28, 8B, 4E, 20, 68, 08, AB, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 50, FF, D1, 83, C4, 0C, 3B, C7, 75, 08, 5F, B8, FC, FF, FF, FF, 5E, C3, 89, 46, 1C, 89, 38, 89, B8, F0, 2A, 00, 00, 89, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9694  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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