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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

SAFe install opt

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 SAFe install opt 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:
SAFe install opt  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
8f5413427fd0573459d947ee120453cb

SHA-1:
c3f7b5ca80ab7a7d9b503d14cf59b7cd923b97a7

SHA-256:
868a72378c9a8cf44c1dcaf3d67e7a7a55d99c408ae6d9c99f2ed816b7533a0a

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 12:38:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.11.23.13

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,744 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar10-184804-62ae290d-018d-4925-bed6-e0374e9f73d4.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:
SAFe install opt

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/8/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SAFe install opt, O=SAFe install opt, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
21F09287DB1643385B8B637938596AFB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2015 11:48:04 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WbSaE4mvt/i6jdUAM6sXkgSA5wrMx7q7pByae8DI1:WbSv4mvE6j9MltrmrMlopByae8S

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5744

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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