s_setup.exe

VLC Player

Bundlore LTD

This is the Bundlore download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application s_setup.exe by Bundlore 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 Bundlore Downloader installer.
Publisher:
vlcplayerdownload.com  (signed by Bundlore LTD)

Product:
VLC Player

Description:
VLC Plus setup

Version:
1.14

MD5:
3fefd2257841f2c7b76f2ce4de001506

SHA-1:
b0a6e86afbc729dabb1284eadb32c8a14af9d584

SHA-256:
f507228f83470907a988a05e8275b12022348038385f777245d0f11a447cf30e

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.

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:
5/10/2024 6:58:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundlore (M)
16.7.29.0

File size:
399.8 KB (409,400 bytes)

Copyright:
© vlcplayerdownload.com (VLC_A04_AUTO-Conv_zugo-_SIGNED)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bundlore Downloader (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/13/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/13/2012 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bundlore LTD, O=Bundlore LTD, STREET=Beit Oved 9, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=67211, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C2EDB982F61E28983414A8928629883D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ps3k96kADDY/M2DNXfLUiwufs9f4Vxrs0z1q9N9MlIoWP7u:JSqNPLUiwuuCrdz1q9NoQPq

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:
7.8743

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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