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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:
bbb05b3e41413193693aa9bd40159be7

SHA-1:
95f068e9e96a13c64dc673262beccdf03ddf844d

SHA-256:
6e4c5e53ba637a25fdf040d060a125cda0a6527d40fc78c2bd2c4f08ab308d8a

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:41:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DingoBabyCo.Bundler (M)
15.11.7.21

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 1:59:38 AM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 4:46:54 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 8:05:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jqtVCvB8FTu2tHU8Pn/KBturj/8VpnmdFxwI:sVCB8F62tHU8PniBUrjqnm99

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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