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VLC media player

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The executable vlc.exe, “VLC media player 2.1.1” has been detected as malware by 37 anti-virus scanners. Infected by an entry-point obscuring polymorphic file infector which will create a peer-to-peer botnet and receives URLs of additional files to download.
Publisher:
VideoLAN

Product:
VLC media player

Description:
VLC media player 2.1.1

Version:
2.1.1

MD5:
8b8ded9f62150f3fe1e8d2a92241e661

SHA-1:
b5d5eb5afd260e4abf1fa8045f43f0428fc71e3a

SHA-256:
7da5a309160ad9287cb7e08f57485dc303847fca21966d2afc9ca5d50d343b49

Scanner detections:
37 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

Explanation:
The file is infected by a polymorphic file infector virus.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:25:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
5729816

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.BL
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2015.09.06

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
8.3.2.2

Arcabit
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.0.425

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
150828-0

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4409

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.1595

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.1240

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.7133

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.gen
23176

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.E.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
5.14.151

G Data
Win32.Sality
15.9.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Sality
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.2017124

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.205.1047.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
16.0.0.744

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
0.30.24.3283

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
04.08.2015 10:30:46

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
15.09.04.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
15.09.05.03

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
9.15.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.KUKU.kt!1591113[F1]
23.00.65.15903

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.15

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.1.62.1

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.248

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.05

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakc
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
42326

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.Gen.A[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.23
2.0.0.2388

File size:
191.5 KB (196,096 bytes)

Product version:
2,1,1,0

Copyright:
Copyright © 1996-2013 VideoLAN and VLC Authors

Trademarks:
VLC media player, VideoLAN and x264 are registered trademarks from VideoLAN

Original file name:
vlc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/11/2013 7:48:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:SlWn6uwXdP2k9Hc3/nl6LAHkzI1UfgEA6IIyR4zsi7Z6k7IUDnj4SiwMaUJtRt:SlUeX8k96kADN+6ITXX4nt

Entry address:
0x14C0

Entry point:
3C, 77, 8D, 05, 18, D3, 3C, B4, 8D, 35, 6F, C6, 01, 91, 89, EE, 3B, C2, 77, 06, 81, E5, B5, A9, 6D, D6, 76, 07, 87, D7, FE, CF, 80, E2, 53, 2D, A7, 97, 00, 00, 70, 04, FF, CD, B2, 1D, 2D, D3, 0B, 00, 00, 32, EA, 11, CA, BA, F9, 8D, 84, 6B, 8A, D1, C7, C3, 1F, AA, 13, 9D, BD, C1, 07, 1E, 99, EB, 06, C7, C6, F1, 4D, 24, D6, 68, BD, 7B, A9, 00, 50, C6, C1, 23, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 87, DD, 0F, B6, EF, 80, D8, 48, B6, C5, 85, F0, FE, C0, 86, E0, 83, E1, 00, 21, DF, 85, D3, 0F, AF, C3, B9, 78, 22, 00, 00, 31, FB...
 
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Code size:
39 KB (39,936 bytes)

Autoplay Handler
Display name:
VLCPlayCDAudioOnArrival


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