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vlc_player_setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application vlc_player_setup.exe by Premium Installer 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. 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:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e5aaa989f4fd2b51edae6cf6f551d620

SHA-1:
5bf2f810f708c95aa624bc7ceda29c9b03062ead

SHA-256:
2f4c235f857afe0441510d988430f5f436b9023c2599d9c3cd8259acff9ea9a5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

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 12:32:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.7.26.11

File size:
1 MB (1,067,672 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/3/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium Installer, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
35BB74B905C01CE61DA131BA49337F33

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/24/2013 11:25:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:M0wtBCKqYKqphuDsBwGs9eX0KLVOL5Z0hxj7xwDzTGZEFf+1x3Uml9d1ppN9:M0wfnKXsNs9eEwcAj7x8VKXR9

Entry address:
0x456C

Entry point:
E8, 7B, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 54, C2, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 44, C0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Code size:
106 KB (108,544 bytes)

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

http://thanks.postdownload.net/download.php?aid=15&loc=lb&pid=1&sid=2964349c7e514288a74379866bb10386&tid=1375120012&type=VLC&crc=cef5c1766d8b8d3b633ab04c11c98806

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