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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

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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 TRUSTed download tyy 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:
TRUSTed download tyy  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
bbdb343e75ed024a972ba29df288c1e5

SHA-1:
8a6c9ad413cac54670ca0b3c4279985a1d28f35b

SHA-256:
8521ae735a15ffc09e1dea92a4ece990b1f4661900fb1b9741e15b9b1ad13db4

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:
5/8/2024 7:15:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.11.13.21

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,672 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar05-022957-8dade803-a47d-42b5-8bfc-22ac8eedac0e.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:
TRUSTed download tyy

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

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

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

Subject:
CN=TRUSTed download tyy, O=TRUSTed download tyy, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
57BBED31E2E1A7B903723909513FAB40

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2015 9:29:57 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WbSaE4mvt/IzNy7Pzt5YVjFUFDE4s+/f5C/PPw9kRPVJ/fey:WbSv4mvKzgd6VjuO4sI8T5PfD

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5747

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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