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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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the VideoLAN VLC media player but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Dingo Baby  (signed by Dingo Baby Co)

Product:
Dingo Baby

Version:
29.2.4.3925

MD5:
3b635ad4f6a3060fb70cee25aace269c

SHA-1:
83b523f510bf2109b5628ccdde9d45c4fe30b384

SHA-256:
3ab6970175558bb56b187f106d8b9d050619be299474f2b208dff07f7e08d1ff

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

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

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DingoBabyCo.Bundler (M)
15.12.31.15

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}\downloads\vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dingo Baby Co

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2015 12:59:38 AM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 3:46:54 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 7:05:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BqtVCvB8FTu2tHU8Pn/KBturj/8VpnmdFxwI:2VCB8F62tHU8PniBUrjqnm99

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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