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vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

JUSt ACCept

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 JUSt ACCept 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:
JUSt ACCept  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
efc5358c99f97f44afe8785d3ab55cab

SHA-1:
e218d87342a5c3ce252360a58828fdeeb5dd0346

SHA-256:
cfa724d641d7505bea0adfc5e8e3bda6880087db42ffd2718ca3f885230d5385

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:
5/6/2024 5:47:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.2.26.4

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,696 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar12-113720-e1b8dd73-9099-4f2d-baaf-4f7a027f03b6.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
JUSt ACCept

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

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

Valid to:
12/18/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=JUSt ACCept, O=JUSt ACCept, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
5D82A756CDCFD5F51E67D8BE3624611D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2015 6:37:21 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5743

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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