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flvplayer.exe

OutBrowse LTD

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application flvplayer.exe by OutBrowse has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs.
Publisher:
VLC Player  (signed by OutBrowse LTD)

Product:
VLC Player

Version:
1.0

MD5:
83a4da3df7d669d7f3a9d34c4a9a4187

SHA-1:
4bd76d170b65065bdf6ce1458619b91212b2355a

SHA-256:
597d294e1f0c7785ddf0e6e43f8ff4243f5257e086ef1bccba0fbe801058098f

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
4/24/2024 7:55:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.06.13

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.154.184

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3438

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1336
9.0.1.0170

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse (variant)
8.9940

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712387

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Smart
v2014.06.19.11

McAfee
Artemis!83A4DA3DF7D6
5600.7094

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.NSIS.OutBrowse.B
6.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OutBrowse.J
14.8.7.17

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0429
7.2.170

File size:
612.4 KB (627,064 bytes)

Copyright:
© VLC Player

Trademarks:
VLC Player

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OutBrowse LTD

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/25/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OutBrowse LTD, O=OutBrowse LTD, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL, SERIALNUMBER=514686914, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=IL

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
06C1C2AE3E180ADDA27BBF2BD8EAC0E7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ox777WVGJssx9FDwIIa0vmALzAKyb5rflUu+DlepC+NuyAoYsLm:OFWBi9hlxCmEcKyptUtyNuyAaS

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9777

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://s3.amazonaws.com/download.freegies.com/.../FlvPlayer.exe

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