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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 8 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the VideoLAN VLC media player but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Meta Installer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
035841ba662e2f15f7019dc15c41ccf8

SHA-1:
84617305edbcdd7ac7ca048e8e2c1765401dfbb4

SHA-256:
97de8af34db597bf0e4536ba21503db8915b470023e6a5225d21b0243b1bfc8e

Scanner detections:
8 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:37:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.14318

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.441
9.0.1.077

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Babylon
8.8956

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Toolbar.BABYLON
3/18/2014

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of vlc-v1.1.11_installer.exe (Adware)
2014.5.10.3

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MetaInstaller.N
14.8.7.21

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Lollipop/Variant
10720

VIPRE Antivirus
MetaInstaller
22658

File size:
225.3 KB (230,664 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):
6144:Ne34R2CpKrpObCWQtfDBo7Fb1PyirdyBUcVl:tuECWGfaf3dyjVl

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://d2ctp2b1besrba.cloudfront.net/installer/distN/9/f2d/.../Vlc-v1.1.11_Installer.exe

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

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