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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

bOn Don Jov

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe by bOn Don Jov 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 OutBrowse Revenyou installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the VideoLAN VLC media player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
bOn Don Jov  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
f75bc136d08955194bd7523909a06a18

SHA-1:
267fd9368cf1d6fc8d9ff7e758fcd0d3aab6415e

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:
5/16/2024 3:31:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.bOnDonJov.Bundler (M)
16.2.25.9

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar07-124116-9aef457b-319c-4ac6-88c2-05a7de834f33.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
bOn Don Jov

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/1/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=bOn Don Jov, O=bOn Don Jov, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5C69A1E4F60A0E2AC37241594B36B171

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/7/2015 7:41:16 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9Miy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhmsBxXCI3Ru5phxksuKx1iCZxTiKnmM4eTryU67Ko:9bSaE4mvt/rAxS+Ru5pYOsuMVzDWI

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5747

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

The file vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.up234.info/.../1425732068/1425732068?45392364857Y2BxKTM8ajkpNC41MSNbOy8vNCkyH2g4Lys3NjIiZjgqImtvZmJyXXBmXGZhOFNDQShHYVxkWidLaVh3YmwnKikqKjFeHWJ2aF1lZFxqXGpcO1NGPyNIXmBkXiJOaVt1XW0kLikuJTReIGJhZ15qXGpcO3NmXyUtJy0pM1grdGNqKy1sYW9yZyRmXWtmOC4idWZnOy8

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