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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the VideoLAN VLC media player but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
APPs market Abc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
6f4c4b925f150397a2eab1a576504395

SHA-1:
fadce00241177fc134d27e8efce66d01db20ebf5

SHA-256:
0f90b5c40c1cda8e4d25283aa1b071126e071d429dee90621cc5d277ef1198e0

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/11/2024 10:48:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.12.11.15

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar10-141004-401dd10a-6de8-45d1-89f7-a3b96a054b2c.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/9/2015 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:
53379CFC101BFCF2DF799DEFFC601612

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2015 9:10:04 PM

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:
7.5747

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://get.0107online.info/.../1425995380/1425995380?95359689375XmBxMC05aDQuMjAwMSNfNCwtLy4wIWM4Ly8wMzAdazYsHWtvaltvW2trWmhcOFNHOiVFXGFiXCJLaVxwX2oiLycsJTFeIVtzZlhqYl5lXGpgNFBEOihGYFtkXiZHZllwYmsmKSkuKS1bHl1mZWBlXGpgNHBkWiorKSgpM1wkcWFlMCtuXG9yax1jW2ZrNjAddWZrNCweWmk2YlxvMTI

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