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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

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STARt NOW

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 STARt NOW 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:
STARt NOW  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
c36ce735a7d2f9759fc0fe9ce9fe94a4

SHA-1:
b0c036b0919f7657d780d05d985960152a2a63fb

SHA-256:
73cd2196408930cb86d9fcd072311ed023ec87323cbc27609aff73cbcc2707d3

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:
5/9/2024 4:08:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.STARtNOW.Bundler (M)
16.6.24.13

File size:
1.1 MB (1,101,144 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr04-053100-a573e04e-d569-4902-b3a0-689f823b0281.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:
STARt NOW

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 7:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=STARt NOW, O=STARt NOW, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
672CECDD22B603CBD250FA1EE6060560

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/4/2015 12:31:00 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YbSaE4mvt/d/Arctac7iQApYmv4e/OOmS:YbSv4mvDWctriQApYmv4nOt

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5482

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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