vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Tiki Taka

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 Tiki Taka 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:
ZGEHC  (signed by Tiki Taka)

Product:
ZGEHC

Version:
4690.1598.1174.2670

MD5:
75d162989c51cb995f46de35df292a7f

SHA-1:
33d9fd63bf21f5d597c3b87e0e9bb21dfa963631

SHA-256:
9be1e44c5b661a83c3dffee9b4964b3f1cda51324a799d621e2523464919e50c

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 7:45:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.TikiTaka.Bundler (M)
16.6.2.21

File size:
586.5 KB (600,600 bytes)

Product version:
4690.1598.1174.2670

Copyright:
ZGEHC

Trademarks:
ZGEHC

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
4/8/2015 2:37:38 PM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 11:25:40 PM

Subject:
CN=Tiki Taka, O=Tiki Taka, L=DUBLIN, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00FA61D58EDFCBCC60

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:7uUvlGzsul7HLjyBpfZgajZd8c2HEGAxmyx1YivpDJ63hQzctncuS4+Mrm:7uFTNrjGfSajEc4oxmQYihoRsctS4+Im

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, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8622

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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