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vlc-media-player.exe

OCSClient

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application vlc-media-player.exe by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Chip Digital OCSClient 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:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
OCSClient

Version:
1.00

MD5:
0302af9f692e4c8ab0d17c947e03f790

SHA-1:
9b53cc877b51f0a1a45c0e2ad9a48be175de09cb

SHA-256:
14fa198b814a6b1d1ac37348656201801ab507d2356aa00f8096cbace1514cb9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially 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:
4/26/2024 2:21:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.1.17.11

File size:
600.4 KB (614,784 bytes)

Product version:
1.00

Original file name:
ocsclient.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Chip Digital OCSClient

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc-media-player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/25/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/26/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, STREET=St.-Martin-Str. 66, L=Munich, S=Bavaria, PostalCode=81541, C=DE

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

Serial number:
360BEAFE1EBBCC59FBA31179BE3192C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/19/2013 7:58:09 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:nKWlw1Dx1NgzK7Yi06sCxVajmzx9S9HNBLlpY4Yi0flysVufBn597NX24:n7lw1DxvgzaY5MxVaRPKxysgfBnnl24

Entry address:
0x1620

Entry point:
68, 08, F6, 40, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 85, 54, 5E, 92, 65, 9D, BB, 48, AF, BA, 48, 73, 20, 5B, E1, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 4F, 43, 53, 43, 6C, 69, 65, 6E, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 03, 8E, 9C, 40, AE, 66, 79, 94, 49, A6, C9, 8A, 5A, 9F, 3D, A9, C2, 37, C3, 92, 46, 29, CA, EB, 46, BD, 0E, 0C, 6F, 6C, 2E, 19, 2B, 3A, 4F, AD, 33, 99, 66, CF, 11, B7, 0C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1322

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
96 KB (98,304 bytes)

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