» vlc_media_player.exe
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vlc_media_player.exe

Installer

One Floor App

One Floor App (Simply Tech/Widdit) distributes and bundles potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) using its OneFloorApp install manager (SimplyInstaller). The application vlc_media_player.exe, “Installer Setup ” by One Floor App has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Widdit Setup installer. 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.

File name:

Publisher:

One Floor App (signed and verified)

Product:

Installer

Description:

Installer Setup

Version:

12.0

MD5:

602161b8b64f7467b87ca46ba9221730

SHA-1:

30b15008ba75bdc276f58b9ce360f6b04f35f5f4

SHA-256:

aa802211818b40bab625b93bbf96dadd2222bc9f6ecc3ab3541427cbef047238

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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 8:32:02 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Widdit (M)

16.8.10.20

File size:

898.5 KB (920,072 bytes)

Product version:

12.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Widdit Setup

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc_media_player.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

One Floor App

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

4/7/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

4/7/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=One Floor App, O=One Floor App, STREET=2 Ben Gurion, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=52573, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00A0F147ADC25ABB7A212B2A70DB63456F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/13/2013 11:19:32 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:qxGaCDpMkdGp9qFoCazZj+AFjyCYRK+ILTfBLXSYo:Pa99qOZj57+CK

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86... 
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Entropy:

7.8676

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file vlc_media_player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.simplyinstaller.com/.../downloadmanagerhtml.ashx?src=matomy_1fa&appid=337334&programid=98601&clickid=20sNkl2Z2FLo7lOS3TFaW81wVTKg000.&pubid=608271&ce_cid=20sNkl2Z2FLo7lOS3TFaW81wVTKg000.&c=1&sc=1&db=true&uus=5B-9D-8F-12-0B-26-E7-B2-71-6C-85-7B-E8-C7-9F-C9&nf=1

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