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vlc_setup.exe

VLC Media Player Installer

Bullet Media Inc

The application vlc_setup.exe, “Deploy VLC Media Player along with various offers” 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.
Publisher:
Bullet Media Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
VLC Media Player Installer

Description:
Deploy VLC Media Player along with various offers

Version:
2.0.4

MD5:
9f140bee892a843f4670969799ba0112

SHA-1:
38f093a776b9b1628fd1f7104a6400f2c386eb72

SHA-256:
714f57e18f800ea635a294bd784e60f31aaec7e16c5c7878f4e937915a6e1f3b

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 12:54:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BulletMe.Installer (M)
16.4.19.14

File size:
1.6 MB (1,650,056 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4

Copyright:
© downloadster.org

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bullet Media Inc

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/23/2012 1:12:03 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2013 12:43:21 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:
112116EBEA49F373F8BAAB4A68F77907F38F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/20/2013 2:42:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xM7YKmIr51DH4awRTPMuW5Ql3KKM5po/Y/XXngoty0IETeiGQ6k6TEg4f8gEQUNm:x6zLUj3Kp0/KngoYfXnTWXrUNukuZT

Entry address:
0x1053F0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 14, 31, 50, 00, E8, E4, 21, F0, FF, 8B, 0D, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 09, B2, 01, A1, DC, 2C, 4C, 00, E8, 28, 96, F5, FF, 8B, 15, 58, F6, 50, 00, 89, 02, A1, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 2C, 2E, F6, FF, A1, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, C6, 4C, F6, FF, 8B, 0D, 4C, F3, 50, 00, A1, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, 48, 72, 4F, 00, E8, 1E, 2E, F6, FF, A1, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 4A, 2F, F6, FF, E8, 39, FB, EF, FF, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.9792

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1 MB (1,064,448 bytes)

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