vlc media player.exe

Bechiro.Installer

Bechiro S.L.

This belongs to a Solimba product that may be bundled with additional PUPs or may be part of an ad-supported software program. The application vlc media player.exe by Bechiro S.L 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 Solimba DownloadMR installer. It uses the Solimba download manager to push adware offers during the download and setup process. Bundled adware includes search and shopping web browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Bechiro S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Bechiro.Installer

Description:
Bechiro Manager

Version:
3.1.20.0

MD5:
533348093dd43cd4247000a737260f51

SHA-1:
d03fd67032ed727c1f1ec697ad04b3f9c8f382cc

SHA-256:
1c4f5e188f971896dd6ca64901d3494818d367e804f392742ebb3a55e0b9e031

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
4/25/2024 11:32:47 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Bechiro.Installer (M)
16.6.23.8

File size:
509.2 KB (521,408 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.21

Copyright:
copyright © 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/25/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/25/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Bechiro S.L., O=Bechiro S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0DE376129471B42CE6BCA90326047A34

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2014 5:19:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:eB+IjTW3biPEe8qSesh0UdNzx6zbZj4T9nF4:eB+QWmPEehSesh0+x6zblInF4

Entry address:
0xDFE8

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 6D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 08, 56, 57, 85, D2, 74, 07, 8B, 7D, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 13, E8, 5F, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 03, 2C, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 33, 8B, 45, 10, 85, C0, 75, 04, 88, 02, EB, E2, 8B, F2, 2B, F0, 8A, 08, 88, 0C, 06, 40, 84, C9, 74, 03, 4F, 75, F3, 85, FF, 75, 11, C6, 02, 00, E8, 29, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, C6, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00...
 
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Code size:
116.5 KB (119,296 bytes)

The file vlc media player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdn.solimba.com  (95.211.6.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to api.downloadmr.com  (95.211.39.161:80)

 
http://api.downloadmr.com/installer/661575924/launch

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