vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Click Start Media

The file vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe by Click Start 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 file has been seen being downloaded from vlccm.modernastro.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Click Start Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Click Start Media

Version:
86.4.6.2628

MD5:
23c372ceddf44c80cb80fcc34a4e5c58

SHA-1:
ebf7689639736d3b20f68857d28592e89a7b2d8a

SHA-256:
eec0f09e32bf3ce38c23584ec74c70d2f1f79f3a9374dffca6b70db12b513f32

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:51:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ClickSta.Installer (M)
16.5.3.6

File size:
2 MB (2,140,560 bytes)

Product version:
86.4.6.2628

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/8/2015 3:44:38 PM

Valid to:
11/6/2016 3:06:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Click Start Media, O=Click Start Media, L=Oakland, 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:
00EA21266C8E3E68F6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/8/2015 10:33:24 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:F7epeTKXKb7w20OogQ/9yijSOgnObCgXNal1wjO:ZesTYKb7/0OogQ7SOgnOWnvaO

Entry address:
0x15A6

Entry point:
E8, 35, CD, 00, 00, E9, 37, C6, 00, 00, FF, 25, E8, A1, 43, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 14, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 8B, AC, 24, 20, 02, 00, 00, 56, 57, 8D, 44, 24, 10, 50, 33, FF, 57, 6A, 01, 55, 89, 7C, 24, 20, E8, 4B, 34, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 20, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 10, 8D, 1C, 0E, 85, F6, 75, 1D, 55, E8, 05, 34, 00, 00, 55, E8, FF, 33, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 8D, 47, 02, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, 81, C4, 14, 02, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 02, 55, E8, 36, 10, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 20, 52, 55, E8, FB, 09, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.9920  (probably packed)

Code size:
56.5 KB (57,856 bytes)

The file vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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