vlc-v1.1.11_installer.exe

Meta Installer LLC

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application vlc-v1.1.11_installer.exe by Meta Installer has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. According to Microsoft Security Essentials, the software bundles and installs the Lolliport adware program (in many cases without a user's knowledge). It usually gets on your PC as an installer for a free game or application. This software bundler installs other potentially unwanted software, including Adware:Win32/Lollipop, at the same time as other software.
Publisher:
Meta Installer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d53bac0ede2888db4bb9100283d7c8bf

SHA-1:
67975614b1bb3c5e90abadf6658effda6570bff7

SHA-256:
a1bfbccc55032096edcba7a8559c035096dfa5a680b6c88f479c99a2ece32531

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This software bundler installs other potentially unwanted software, including Adware:Win32/Lollipop during isntallation without a user's consent.

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 4:45:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Bbylon
4.0.3.15613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.441
9.0.1.0164

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Lollipop
9.9912

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Toolbar.BABYLON
6/13/2015

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Lolliport
1.10600

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.bkccqx
0.28.0.60100

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.Bundler
15.6.13.1

Rising Antivirus
NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF
23.00.65.15611

VIPRE Antivirus
InfoAtoms
30086

File size:
467.8 KB (479,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc-v1.1.11_installer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
3/5/2012 11:17:45 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2013 12:59:09 PM

Subject:
CN=Meta Installer LLC, O=Meta Installer LLC, L=Wilmington, S=DE, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043DEA1F43D249

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Ue345k96kADjvqGTAQObCWQtfDD7FbFd8BUcVCUoROcdSHxQjizlnEwUhIj7mc4o:rgvpTFECWGfDTd8jV2ROc9S+hIecX

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9007

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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