vlc-2.1.6a-win32setup.exe

Setup

APPS market ABC

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 APPS market ABC 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:
APPS market ABC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
4e5c74efceb2cbe6697417594d045349

SHA-1:
e7fd89d888b8b14e1bb828be707c1779c71e7db1

SHA-256:
c0ad9c5f7b01d93232285e41b2b36eb693820a5f840eb89fbb2369d734a9cfb7

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:
4/30/2024 2:06:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.2.15.13

File size:
1.1 MB (1,152,144 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar13-182948-ebf9ff15-af21-4716-911c-9ed9a5c795f1.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:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/12/2015 7:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=APPS market ABC, O=APPS market ABC, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
2E574C8A18B3D92FB086716B1D74AE09

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/14/2015 1:29:48 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.5768

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://getm.0109solutions.info/.../1426271396/1426271396?98765100433Xl1tLzE cD0tNjIwLh9eODE1OC00I2M1Ky40ODgmajouHWhraV90Y3RqXmpcNU9GPipNZWBmXiJIZVt0ZHIrLisuJS5aIF94bmFpZmBlWWZfOFVMQydKYlthWiVLa2F5YW8oKSYqKDFgJmZlaWJlWWZfOHVsYykvKygmL1sodmluLy9wXGxuaiFoY29qOjIdcmJqODEmY2g6ZFxsLTE

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