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Bundlore Limited

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 setup.exe by Bundlore Limited 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.vlcclassic.com.
Publisher:
Bundlore Limited  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5.2

MD5:
459c150232368988a5f16d430466ba26

SHA-1:
34b485aa25b27143abc7c70e28aaa1ed8fb7046b

SHA-256:
9446123927d8d48fb48c564430620b13cf256f0db6adfdf84725ef8c3093b543

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
8/11/2025 1:58:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundlore.Bundler (M)
16.3.7.22

File size:
143.8 KB (147,296 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bundlore Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bundlore Limited

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/11/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/12/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bundlore Limited, O=Bundlore Limited, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
232CE5297F2941A352148152A936FB93

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/8/2014 4:12:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ZZnkA6PpR/Xhm3aCKb6ERvYv5XcnSANSSsWjcdSp2Re+xgJgtMqc3b7N:vDWbKzKbQmSVdSme+xgJAncr5

Entry address:
0x3D7D

Entry point:
E8, 1E, 49, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F8, 8A, 41, 00, E8, 8D, 08, 00, 00, E8, EB, 4A, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B1, 48, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 92, 42, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
69 KB (70,656 bytes)

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

http://download.vlcclassic.com/.../setup.exe

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