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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Pour Over Digital

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 Pour Over Digital 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. 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:
Pour Over Digital  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pour Over Digital

Version:
93.5.6.9130

MD5:
93c6db2e2d558fc8519a596f4793c9ff

SHA-1:
a3f1465de71f5070b9f2aaed2da5fb1d6b03b02b

SHA-256:
e2d9a8c8088dd9222f285b5577186ec3bf649fa295f0630634cc8e4690d50cd7

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:
11/5/2024 3:17:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
17.3.9.14

File size:
868.9 KB (889,712 bytes)

Product version:
93.5.6.9130

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:
Pour Over Digital

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2015 1:03:38 AM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 3:47:46 PM

Subject:
CN=Pour Over Digital, O=Pour Over Digital, 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:
008CC8B56C38E87874

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/15/2014 10:03:16 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x207B

Entry point:
E8, 90, B8, 00, 00, E9, 92, B1, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, 1C, 41, 41, 00, 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, E0, 80, 40, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 07, C7, 46, 24, 00, 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...
 
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Entropy:
7.9692  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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