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setup.exe

VLC Player

vlcplayerdownload.com

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.mynicepicks.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
vlcplayerdownload.com

Product:
VLC Player

Description:
VLC Plus setup

Version:
1.14

MD5:
fbee4c0ff3e6f91c6a3901a53d852a74

SHA-1:
cfef9c71335528dd3fb7cedb6f2fc6ba10cad00b

SHA-256:
6dd8c0e425c45e710bb6645b107203ff3ac10df76cb26c8c9f6cf4562dc0f340

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 5:02:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Zugo.C.2
7.11.105.76

avast!
NSIS:Ezula-BC [Adw]
2014.9-140928

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.7
9.0.1.0271

G Data
Win32.Trojan.Agent.DBTDNE
14.9.22

Malwarebytes
Trojan.FakeVLC
v2014.09.28.07

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downware.yrefc
0.26.0.55041

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F43BZIK
7.2.271

File size:
395.4 KB (404,918 bytes)

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

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 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:cs3k96kADoaulm9Xx7BqZgN2VUP65sCO8wXzh6BsWhYTOt2w:GJYx7gZgNOUARg6BsMmW

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:
7.8730

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 2 URLs.

http://www.mynicepicks.com/download/.../setup.exe

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

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