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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Apps Market ABC

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 Apps Market ABC has been detected as adware by 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.file28desktop.com.
Publisher:
Apps Market ABC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1f02b4d6eb58b0282d9829cbda82ce76

SHA-1:
27b0607e4271a5681ed1be027f48aaa1ccb98014

SHA-256:
dba788428e43afc4dcdd9735e269e85ee1c998f71d9368dfd8b64e530e574430

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
5/15/2024 3:41:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.1
6386505

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2015.02.15

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.210.58

avast!
OutBrowse-BO [PUP]
150129-1

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.DII
2014.0.4257

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.1
1.0.20.230

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.OutBrowse.83
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
2/15/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-15-02_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
DoS-Trojan
13.194.14968

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2015.02.15.12

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.e
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.1
16.0.0.138

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dnmhre
0.30.0.65070

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Outbrowse
15.2.15.0

Sophos
OutBrowse Revenyou
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.8F191241
7.2.46

Trend Micro
TROJ_GE.8F191241
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.OutBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37240

File size:
584.7 KB (598,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apps Market ABC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/27/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Apps Market ABC, O=Apps Market ABC, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
44D553EAB8166CCE7F3FF45E7C63EA9D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 5:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:TGVTIPc66uuQTvSiBVmsse6BciU1YhasSwyYJp6tuBt+:TMMPquJvS+se6dUAarYTwu6

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9689

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://get.file28desktop.com/.../get?p=19596&d=25817&l=24998&n=1&productname=VLC Media Player 2.1.6a&dynamicname=VLC Media Player 2.1.6a&filename=vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup

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