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vlc-cache-gen.exe

VLC media player

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The executable vlc-cache-gen.exe, “VLC media player 2.0.8” has been detected as malware by 36 anti-virus scanners.
Publisher:
VideoLAN

Product:
VLC media player

Description:
VLC media player 2.0.8

Version:
2.0.8

MD5:
c14cb9664da08372cc56bbfcfa29ce25

SHA-1:
3c771c0d7d45b13b795a5dfc415374d363609514

SHA-256:
bd56afc0fe611fd4bd60915bdc35e3695839129a90a30a9357e16524c297bafd

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

Explanation:
The file is infected by a polymorphic file infector virus.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:02:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
6505302

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Virut.AB.Gen
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Virut.F
2015.02.01

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Virut.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Vitro
150101-1

AVG
Win32/Virut
2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Virut.$NBP
4.0.3.1521

Bitdefender
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
1.0.20.160

Bkav FE
W32.Vetor.PE
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Win32.Virut.56
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/Virut.NBP virus
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Virut.CE
2/1/2015

F-Prot
W32/Virut.E.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Virut
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.193.14824

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Virut
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Virus.W32/Virut.n.gen
16.8.708.2

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.191.3721.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
16.0.0.96

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Virut.hpeg
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Virus/W32.Virut.Gen
15.01.30.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AO
15.02.01.03

Quick Heal
W32.Virut.G
2.15.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.Virut.ec!1608462
23.00.65.15130

Sophos
Virus 'W32/Scribble-B'
5.10

Total Defense
Win32/Virut.17408
37.0.11414

Trend Micro House Call
PE_VIRUX.R
7.2.32

Trend Micro
PE_VIRUX.R
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Virut.14
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4739697
36666

ViRobot
Win32.Virut.AM[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Virut.Win32.1938
2.0.0.2050

File size:
169.5 KB (173,568 bytes)

Product version:
2,0,8,0

Copyright:
Copyright © 1996-2013 VideoLAN and VLC Authors

Trademarks:
VLC media player, VideoLAN and x264 are registered trademarks from VideoLAN

Original file name:
vlc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\torch\plugins\video\vlc\vlc-cache-gen.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/21/2006 11:33:34 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Vy6O8yAtp2k9Hc3/nl6LAHkzI1UfgEA6IIyRgRJI8haK9QypMEP6rEHX7JT:VySyFk96kADrsl/pM27L5

Entry address:
0x316E4

Entry point:
83, 3C, 24, FE, 8D, 1B, 9B, 77, FE, 8D, 64, 24, CC, 60, 83, EC, DC, E8, 96, 01, 00, 00, 4B, 42, 66, 4B, 86, F0, 75, FA, 8D, 71, 34, 42, FF, 73, 3C, 59, 81, E9, FD, FF, FF, 7F, 0F, 83, E4, FF, FF, FF, 81, D9, E6, 13, 00, 00, 86, E4, 71, DA, 01, D6, 86, C0, 86, D2, FE, C4, FF, B4, 19, E4, 13, 00, 80, 83, C4, 04, B5, A8, 66, 81, 44, 24, FC, B0, BA, 75, BD, 80, FC, 7A, 48, 83, D8, 1E, 38, DE, F7, D7, 68, 8F, E5, 41, 2C, E8, 62, 01, 00, 00, 4F, 89, 74, 24, 44, E8, 1C, 02, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 34, 83, E8, 04, E9...
 
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Entropy:
7.3066

Code size:
30.5 KB (31,232 bytes)

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