installer_vlc_media_player_english.exe

The application installer_vlc_media_player_english.exe 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from dv.a-chn4.com.
MD5:
6c43ea234daf79b59822fa02f47e33d4

SHA-1:
b86baf4dea409058b0948ce158fa4c15f7d13487

SHA-256:
2e6a80c3863b8f87f7a967555af71a6bd80e9d10fbab0ac3d7175101b2f08741

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/2/2024 8:49:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Bundler.Meta (M)
16.6.26.1

File size:
980.5 KB (1,004,001 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:deg5DNior4FBPnmuxqFqEpARfBY6Ayk+zsEuILINDGdzfzABU2QcBHGT7Mnni3I4:ggxNior4/eyqF0bNYTIkaR/2hHw9

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

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