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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:
395a97638179abe2ba0f2e47d55a78d2

SHA-1:
ff4fa89095824d97710d76f0ac23a20c6a7b6e0b

SHA-256:
8ceeae512e6040d53018cc73c4fc296b28892969cac7d5dbffc79c4efa800543

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 5:28:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DingoBabyCo.Bundler (M)
15.11.7.10

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:
11/2/2015 10:59:38 PM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 1:46:54 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 5:05:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BqtVCvB8FTu2tHU8Pn/KBturj/8VpnmdFxwI:2VCB8F62tHU8PniBUrjqnm99

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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