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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Code Techno

The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe by Code Techno has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.mirror6.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Code Techno  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2b0aecf77d83391d7b440169f8bcc740

SHA-1:
e8eb8823ad16fce6bbd12780090f3ee4ae2a4dfe

SHA-256:
9931ee45d97107131f5fce7a35c10b30561c8fcc5b58ee94be4e8f3a65e07636

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/28/2024 12:29:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.163.22

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3403

Dr.Web
Adware.DAdmin.151
9.0.1.0206

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.10125

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-25-07_6

McAfee
Artemis!2B0AECF77D83
5600.7059

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.CodeTechno.U
14.7.27.14

Sophos
Generic PUA OI
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0720
7.2.206

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
31436

File size:
913.5 KB (935,464 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Code Techno

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/26/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/25/2017 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Code Techno, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Code Techno, 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:
57F2A4C1987266C5627CFFB542729A0B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/17/2014 4:35:36 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/xpJMyVWJ0q4kfS6wKhmcRf6vEh7+KAFgtp51idtDWEqOWtVr2/NoPH48U:ppanJ0ZkKIh7mFgfidtDWEn20/Noa

Entry address:
0x3341

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 24, 7A, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 00, 24, 7A, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, 00, 1C, 7A, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 8 URLs.

http://files4.mirror6.net/download/.../dl?brand=piratebay.com&pid=piratebay&bc=1084396&country=GB&cb=-1009158690&zTmp=1

http://files4.mirror6.net/download/.../dl?brand=piratebay.com&pid=piratebay&bc=1084396&country=GB&cb=-1974584543&zTmp=1

http://files4.mirror6.net/download/.../dl?brand=piratebay.com&pid=piratebay&bc=1084396&country=GB&cb=-1833911679&zTmp=1

http://piratebay.com/wp-content/themes/.../torrent_search.php?query=cosmos

http://files4.mirror6.net/download/.../dl?brand=piratebay.com&pid=piratebay&bc=1084396&country=GB&cb=-270873541&zTmp=1

http://piratebay.com/wp-content/themes/.../torrent_search.php?query=Flashpoint

http://piratebay.com/wp-content/themes/.../torrent_search.php?query=easeus

http://files4.mirror6.net/download/.../dl?brand=piratebay.com&pid=piratebay&bc=1084396&country=GB&cb=326210719&zTmp=1

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