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Video Codec

The application setup.exe, “Video Codec setup” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 14 anti-malware scanners. 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. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider. The file has been seen being downloaded from geo.downloads-center.com.
Publisher:
Video Codec

Product:
Video Codec

Description:
Video Codec setup

Version:
1.14

MD5:
60a5e64e0bfd888a320ed82aeec5fbf4

SHA-1:
2196f9485c4c16faa2556879421a2146e0a5a800

SHA-256:
76d8777ddc8c6f4d05a8391835b17fbf985cc9cc9ff5035be4cec01d17ccfe01

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:44:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.175.78

avast!
NSIS:Bundlore-B [Adw]
2014.9-160128

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Ask
4.0.3.16128

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader9.7940
9.0.1.028

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Bundlore
10.10480

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Bundlore
1/28/2016

McAfee
Generic Malware.nl!ats
5600.6507

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Text.Babylon.cwhyhv
0.28.2.62286

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
16.01.28.01

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0CES12
7.2.28

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0CES12
10.465.28

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Bundlore
33520

File size:
364.5 KB (373,221 bytes)

Copyright:
© Video Codec (video_codec_C75_AUTO_WITHPOST)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 8:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:1sgykjYpvCzVGNgWTmxW0lXPSZY2gCD5laJdxS3W/37f+XW79yuP2P3s51oOiCWZ:tykjYHNgWqbaZJlW0a7f+X2P71LiDZ

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://geo.downloads-center.com/geo/gd/downloads/VLC/.../setup.exe

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