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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.downloadster.org a known adware distribution point operated by Downloadster.
MD5:
a8ac4d4aa75bca328de475035c8a9d3c

SHA-1:
2723b56e1f9c0c33e2fd66a7203a99b93a743f7a

SHA-256:
0a17814d85994425dcbd9b228ba5b34df9986674b61a24cd565e28813a3cad1c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:26:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M)
16.2.13.0

File size:
738.2 KB (755,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win16 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 7:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win16

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:dxpJTRe2ox2XK8arRJjOvsWRBsu1ZZKPrqLELFQvCU/Dn:vpNR9ox2NErSNCPrXQaUbn

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4060

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloads.downloadster.org/download.php?id=f79dc293f3bb22e5a59123118646369b4af35af5&z=4&p=eyJweSI6ImRvIiwicnMiOiJnIiwicnQiOiJzIiwiYyI6ImdiIiwibyI6IndpbjhwdDEiLCJiIjoiY2gzMyIsInVfaWQiOiJkb181MzJmMGQ4YzM4NGI4Mi4yMTU5ODgzMC42ZGJkZTUzMTg5ZDA5OGFlOWI3YTFhZTdiNDE0Y2E3NCIsInBhX2lkIjoiNCIsInN0X2lkIjoiMCIsInNwX2lkIjoiMDAwMS0wMzc2IiwidHMiOjEzOTU1OTI1ODgsImt3IjoidmxjIG1lZGlhIHBsYXllciIsImN1IjoidmxjIG1lZGlhIHBsYXllciIsImNhIjpudWxsfQ

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