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vlc_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_installer.exe by Meta Installer has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider. 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:
Meta Installer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c1233d60155db9ba27c25d8844e930ac

SHA-1:
38b1f128c044e1bd481b8bbc4f47a82e368fba4b

SHA-256:
fc619b771fc8f4f3358e457dd0c3cba18580fbaa10b2da5969afecdf0814fed1

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user 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:
4/24/2024 10:46:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Bbylon
4.0.3.1466

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Babylon
8.9551

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MetaInstaller.N
14.8.7.21

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Lollipop/Variant
10560

VIPRE Antivirus
MetaInstaller
27468

File size:
179.4 KB (183,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc_installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Meta Installer LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
3/6/2012 6:17:45 AM

Valid to:
2/16/2013 7:59:09 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 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:ogXdZt9P6D3XJc4BIl0CXTciMXO4wOcYCyE+xcBJD5rf8+8y7FbkqtGFrda0C:oe34a2CjLMXQObCWQtfDD7FbFodS

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file vlc_installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://media.metainstaller.com/metainstaller//.../VLC_Installer.exe

http://media.metainstaller.com/metainstaller/.../VLC_Installer.exe

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