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vlc-setup.exe

Bullet Media Inc

The application vlc-setup.exe by Bullet Media Inc 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Bullet Media Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8ab82c09a55d11752c49589a04b2b7de

SHA-1:
765462302cae15145a8b1901efd24cc0cce2be02

SHA-256:
2cd6684e34aec8699454bdd0a11bc52ee7f930766b78bf17f97ae3dbc6abba99

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:
5/18/2024 1:19:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BulletMe.Installer (M)
16.3.12.19

File size:
22.3 MB (23,401,472 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\vlc\vlc-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bullet Media Inc

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/28/2011 12:43:22 AM

Valid to:
10/28/2012 12:43:22 AM

Subject:
CN=Bullet Media Inc, OU=SecureInstaller, O=Bullet Media Inc, L=San Francisco, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121C8F469D1D9686A0E24679A5173B664A4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 4:20:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:J8y5gJGfrmTFTBg5wscBOYuX+6r+CetUhKw1iT1rkjVq2e87Th6+YcLNzn:J8agymTFTOqKZr6tUhK6ueBqb8Z6kt

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9998

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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