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vlcsetup.exe

Pinball Corporation.

This is a component for the Pinball ad-supported platform which may deliver advertisemenst to the web browser in the form of banner and text ads. The application vlcsetup.exe by Pinball has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from origin-ics.hotbar.com.
Publisher:
Pinball Corporation.  (signed and verified)

Description:
Installer

Version:
2.0.305.0

MD5:
92861df897f3c93d5898fcea58087d8e

SHA-1:
46edc66c6a2d633e2ccba93b0250ba18d11da53a

SHA-256:
e4d738ce10951eef6ab634d853282622f900d6d83c9bba7a2755dca325791831

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.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 10:14:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Pinball.PinballC.Installer (M)
16.7.5.4

File size:
205.6 KB (210,584 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.305.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlcsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pinball Corporation.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/1/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/20/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Pinball Corporation., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Pinball Corporation., L=Bellevue, S=Washington, 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:
22E49C51DCD71B05713AAF786582D135

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/25/2011 2:14:37 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:8qWSmaBkiDmJoILdGyo7/IyHj72W64Qwr:8qMIkiiJoadGVDhHTr

Entry address:
0x72260

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 44, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, FB, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
196 KB (200,704 bytes)

The file vlcsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://origin-ics.hotbar.com/IC/GPLHBLite49/17849/0/.../VLCSetup.exe

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