» vlc media player 2.1.5.exe
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vlc media player 2.1.5.exe

Ringier Axel Springer Polska sp. z o.o.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application vlc media player 2.1.5.exe by Ringier Axel Springer Polska sp. z o.o has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Ringier Axel Springer Polska sp. z o.o. (signed and verified)

MD5:

f6aa193906fe40d3712a7dd89972ba12

SHA-1:

f7643bd763736574c05b2d93d05d540568e6d5fc

SHA-256:

0f69b93419e13d2c7480295c37d70dbcfc7b5d016c0418ec2ae2cdd59f9f468d

Scanner detections:

8 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:

5/11/2024 1:07:20 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9

7.11.163.212

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3398

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.PO potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of spybot - search & destroy 1.6.2.exe (Adware)

2014.9.10.3

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.181.12834

Reason Heuristics

PUP.RingierAxelSpringerPolskaspzoo.U

14.7.29.17

Sophos

Install Core Click run software

4.98

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

31208

File size:

667.8 KB (683,784 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc media player 2.1.5.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ringier Axel Springer Polska sp. z o.o.

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

1/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/29/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Ringier Axel Springer Polska sp. z o.o., O=Ringier Axel Springer Polska sp. z o.o., STREET=Domaniewska 52, L=Warsaw, S=Poland, PostalCode=02-672, C=PL

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00F58C43870A319F9A7934DFE1C1760EB1

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:2HFa8+/U+jn8KWY5QnRUj9UprLgE+VIujvR2w/iKYKNIWVY4qitn++6S4r9a6:2HFZFqnHWeQaj9UprLP+68RmK9O7eck

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8785

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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