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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Power Play Media

The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe by Power Play Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer 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:
Power Play Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Power Play Media

Version:
84.9.1.3220

MD5:
fccef13c7f3a85d2f708aeed1bd287e2

SHA-1:
162b494d12965abeaeaaf10f0fe552c1f65bd2d6

SHA-256:
59a3001a85310af9220f9407c1789328a377b3720e9b0e12fd8548402041c6ac

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:
11/5/2024 2:22:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware (M)
17.3.5.10

File size:
884.8 KB (905,984 bytes)

Product version:
84.9.1.3220

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Power Play Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/30/2015 4:29:38 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2016 7:17:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Power Play Media, O=Power Play Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00CB772AFDE1772CC3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/28/2014 2:03:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x4100

Entry point:
E8, 1B, 94, 00, 00, E9, 27, 8D, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 83, E4, C0, 83, EC, 34, 53, 56, 57, E8, 0F, 11, 00, 00, 8B, F0, A3, C0, C1, 44, 00, 85, F6, 75, 15, 68, A0, BF, 44, 00, E8, 2A, 01, 00, 00, 83, C4, 04, 6A, 37, FF, 15, 38, F0, 40, 00, 68, 00, 01, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 56, E8, 82, 12, 00, 00, 56, E8, DC, 0F, 00, 00, 8B, 5D, 08, 6A, 00, 53, 56, E8, E0, 0F, 00, 00, 33, FF, 83, C4, 1C, 89, 7C, 24, 3C, 85, DB, 7E, 34, 8D, 49, 00, DB, 44, 24, 3C, 83, EC, 08, DD, 1C, 24, 56, E8, D0, 11, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9647  (probably packed)

Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

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