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VLC media player

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The executable vlc.exe, “VLC media player 2.0.8” has been detected as malware by 37 anti-virus scanners.
Publisher:
VideoLAN

Product:
VLC media player

Description:
VLC media player 2.0.8

Version:
2.0.8

MD5:
f837b9d72265344be02fba45b491eebb

SHA-1:
e43c6c42c6765b1d63a6998657979de1b0bf0083

SHA-256:
8b4a0a755945742409fe0bd431c9f55d7734853dd9ed5e7c929fc86d06384eff

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 11:47:08 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
6505244

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Virut.AB.Gen
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Virut.F
2015.02.01

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Virut.Gen
7.11.206.68

avast!
Win32:Vitro
150129-1

AVG
Win32/Virut
2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Virut.$NBP
4.0.3.1521

Bitdefender
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
1.0.20.160

Bkav FE
W32.Vetor.PE
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Virut.CE
20920

Dr.Web
Win32.Virut.56
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/Virut.NBP virus
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Virut.CE
2/1/2015

F-Prot
W32/Virut.AL!Generic
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Virut
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.193.14824

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Virut
15.0.0.543

McAfee
W32/Virut.n.gen
5600.6868

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.191.3721.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
16.0.0.96

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Virut.hpeg
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Virus/W32.Virut.Gen
15.01.30.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AO
15.02.01.04

Quick Heal
W32.Virut.G
2.15.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.Virut.ec!1608462
23.00.65.15130

Sophos
Virus 'W32/Scribble-B'
5.10

Total Defense
Win32/Virut.17408
37.0.11414

Trend Micro House Call
PE_VIRUX.R
7.2.32

Trend Micro
PE_VIRUX.R
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Virut.14
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4739697
36694

ViRobot
Win32.Virut.AM[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Virut.Win32.1938
2.0.0.2050

File size:
179.5 KB (183,808 bytes)

Product version:
2,0,8,0

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:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\torch\plugins\video\vlc\vlc.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/21/2006 11:33:34 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:FM5gIVAxiQ82k9Hc3/nl6LAHkzI1UfgEA6IIyRgndySkE78z2o8U/f:q7IiYk96kADSTkC8zvF/

Entry address:
0x3378A

Entry point:
9B, 90, 83, 3C, 24, FE, 77, FE, 8D, 64, 24, CC, 60, 86, F5, 83, EC, DC, E8, 87, 00, 00, 00, 31, EF, 4B, 80, F1, 18, 66, 4B, 75, FC, 97, F6, D2, 40, FF, 73, 3C, 59, 81, E9, FD, FF, FF, 7F, 90, 73, E7, 97, 96, 90, 90, 81, D9, E6, 13, 00, 00, 71, DB, 87, F2, 42, 99, FF, B4, 19, E4, 13, 00, 80, E9, 9A, 02, 00, 00, 56, 86, E8, B9, 17, AB, D4, 12, 64, 8B, 15, 30, 00, 00, 00, 85, D2, 0F, 88, 0B, FF, FF, FF, 53, 8B, 52, 0C, 8B, 5A, 1C, 81, E6, 51, 4D, 81, 2D, 8B, 5B, 08, 6A, 01, 68, 16, 70, 08, EA, E8, 41, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.2848

Code size:
38.5 KB (39,424 bytes)

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