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vlc-media-player_setup.exe

System Applet

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application vlc-media-player_setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by System Applet has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion 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:
Fusion Install   (signed by System Applet)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
080da10ea6133fb779292905d25a5afe

SHA-1:
b1b3c6ee3125587e027258e3f2275a05972767cb

SHA-256:
84c03639b6d44cd6f1c90a59ae4e0ec9a155804f5197692bce9803cc3bd62f75

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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 1:16:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player-chrome.exe (Adware)
2014.9.2.4

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SystemApplet.W
14.7.1.14

File size:
225.9 KB (231,288 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
System Applet

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/24/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=System Applet, O=System Applet, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
18FCD6B5EEB5AEC66D0222B5CA1850D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/11/2014 3:54:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:+dDoh0QakP7HnYTdK9vUxKAvJiltIGXDZPJSf5ESiPk:KU0QaMzYTdKpN1SiPk

Entry address:
0x117C7

Entry point:
E8, 20, 9D, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 6C, 93, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 40, 90, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.2513

Code size:
158.5 KB (162,304 bytes)

The file vlc-media-player_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

https://install.oinstaller9.com/o/.../vlc-media-player_Setup.exe

http://secure.2-pn-installer.com/o/.../vlc-media-player_Setup.exe

http://www.theappcenter.com/action_redirect.php?action=download_redirect&app_id=4&action_value=app_page&redirect_to=http://secure.2-pn-installer.com/o/.../vlc-media-player_Setup.exe

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