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download-vlc-media-player-64-bit.exe

Freemium GmbH

The application download-vlc-media-player-64-bit.exe by Freemium GmbH 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 program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the VideoLAN VLC media player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.tr.downloads-hub.com.
Publisher:
Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f6492cc5a33e9f8496c2a2b1c780eff3

SHA-1:
dcd1f4cec24b0afe9af6e08c628afeceb982d251

SHA-256:
17bd203477434abe2570f41a35b6bcb7a3fcc8929c76695369ede66813618f1d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:47:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus.Freemium.Bundler (M)
16.1.28.12

File size:
606.9 KB (621,464 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\download-vlc-media-player-64-bit.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freemium GmbH

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/29/2014 3:41:38 PM

Valid to:
12/29/2015 3:41:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Freemium GmbH, O=Freemium GmbH, L=Berlin, C=DE

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:
00FEAC9D237F1C5C86

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/11/2015 5:01:23 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:N9NJR2HDmuNa9EkYioMLcFbLBdAhNc9hYnPruVX1dI+WcV0N+tpfmpJ:5JoHD9NdhbML6brAhNc9hKPSVFdI+WI2

Entry address:
0x25CE1

Entry point:
E8, 8F, 66, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 56, 8B, F1, 33, DB, 3B, F3, 75, 16, E8, FF, 18, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, A3, 18, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E9, 8F, 00, 00, 00, 57, 39, 5D, 08, 77, 13, E8, E3, 18, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 87, 18, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 75, 33, C9, 39, 5D, 10, 88, 1E, 0F, 95, C1, 41, 39, 4D, 08, 77, 09, E8, C0, 18, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, DB, 8B, 4D, 0C, 83, C1, FE, 83, F9, 22, 77, C9, 8B, CE, 39, 5D, 10, 74, 0B, 33, DB, 43, C6, 06, 2D, 8D, 4E, 01, F7, D8, 8B, F9...
 
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Entropy:
6.9899

Code size:
331 KB (338,944 bytes)

The file download-vlc-media-player-64-bit.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.tr.downloads-hub.com/download/.../16

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