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Tomorrow Software Installer

EBooks Media

The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe, “Tomorrow Software Installer ” 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 Tomorrow Software Installer 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:
Tomorrow Software  (signed by EBooks Media)

Product:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Description:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Version:
2.0.0.1

MD5:
591267fe131227719d55cb5ca9e23b27

SHA-1:
bace27aeba5cf0400659a6db10d1de11a6f43e1b

SHA-256:
275022c7630e69fc841f4ffc04430418d5871299808d6efbdc34afe23279ec94

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially 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:
11/5/2024 10:58:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin (M)
17.3.11.5

File size:
874.8 KB (895,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
tomorrow-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:
EBooks Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/5/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 7:59:59 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:
6/26/2015 9:54:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xC7A2

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 58, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 54, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, 50, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 4C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 48, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 44, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 70, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 64, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 40, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 3C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9552  (probably packed)

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

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