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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:
01d6851469f47b29956cb7fbad6472e6

SHA-1:
7b8ccb5c7348f29ea3994bd04f061c30b3854014

SHA-256:
e653c4f7119c3c8213058f5a75b0e6b37804528c45eaeccb5e60de5974d7bbc0

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:
12/26/2024 1:04:26 AM 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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