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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

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The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe by Download Verified 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Download Verified  (signed and verified)

MD5:
de296358f01ffa4f7f0af99b252d6ce5

SHA-1:
2afed3a36424602c69e4d8d25b3b963d5e68d4de

SHA-256:
523e7a3587afffeb741d9e0277176df28af2a87eebfe98d7cd576194fc5742fc

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.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:44:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin (M)
17.2.9.0

File size:
656.9 KB (672,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Verified

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/5/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Verified, O=Download Verified, L=san francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
374F6915B9875363C2CF0BCF19A679AF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2015 1:14:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1BB4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, DC, 51, 00, 00, 53, E8, 50, FD, FF, FF, 59, FF, 15, 50, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 70, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 4C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 2C, 42, 00, E8, B9, 09, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 00, 3D, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 73, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 9C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 68, 74, 40, 00, 68, 00, 35, 42, 00, E8, AB, 08, 00, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 70, 40, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9743

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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