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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

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run APps foreveR Lld

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 run APps foreveR Lld 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:
run APps foreveR Lld  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
5af5355e78a63bf984fa7002472d70c4

SHA-1:
71f080bbe5e8c1852e4130b2ee6884a30d43597d

SHA-256:
f9e825523cb22851cf6d23e116093c4333396d169e7243fdb060ce3e9d38920c

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:
5/14/2024 11:28:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.runAPpsf.Bundler (M)
16.4.24.11

File size:
1.1 MB (1,174,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015May10-084223-229173a7-b513-46c2-a4ad-70e0485643a3.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
run APps foreveR Lld

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/4/2015 7:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=run APps foreveR Lld, O=run APps foreveR Lld, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
27714BCB113933E9A62E568B02F3FD69

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/10/2015 3:42:23 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lbSaE4mvt/GvhGyXkTmzxhr4aT33FDUq:lbSv4mvoUyB

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:
7.5892

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.up1210.info/1431247149/1431247149/.../aDouJzEtLx5dPDIuMzQsJWQ6Ki43Ny8jajQwHm1qaGN1W3FqWGxdOk5FQitFYmBgYCNNZFp4ZWooLiUwJjNZH2N5Zl5pYGJmXmVePFZEQCdEZFxmWSRPbFl2YWkqKispJzVhHmNlY2RmXmVePHZkYCkpLSkrLlosd2FrLylyXXFtaSVpW2xqNDEed2FpPDI

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