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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

EBooks Media

The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe by EBooks Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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:
EBooks Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
21dcf98e04f6884e91982cb94f279404

SHA-1:
725fd114473718f4db557df1ac6b7155f60be6ec

SHA-256:
9d2c0bd3dabd5a5df899f06639aa00f3572487e7792a40057fbcfd717594bcae

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 11:03:52 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin (M)
17.2.23.11

File size:
655.6 KB (671,352 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:
EBooks Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/5/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=EBooks Media, O=EBooks Media, 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:
54636717359CD60DB0B87873A4B7B2F9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2015 12:05:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x234A

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 78, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, F8, FD, FF, FF, FF, 15, 30, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 2C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 3D, 42, 00, E8, DD, F9, FF, FF, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, A0, 3C, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 0B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 71, 40, 00, 68, 00, 74, 40, 00, 68, A0, 34, 42, 00, E8, 5A, F3, FF, FF, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57...
 
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Entropy:
7.9732

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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