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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Bubble Games

The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe by Bubble Games has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.vlc.cm.
Publisher:
Bubble Games  (signed and verified)

Product:
Bubble Games

Version:
87.0.0.3623

MD5:
4c1f522202717bb1a24b64f7f3ddbc37

SHA-1:
3d8167efd59963eb980a4b1a3e7e7e9afdaaf09e

SHA-256:
2798b8e7815a82e1450fe0da6eb017713aac1775b7d45c114354705528a5712c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/2/2024 12:55:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.BubbleGames.Installer (M)
15.12.23.1

File size:
1.2 MB (1,234,712 bytes)

Product version:
87.0.0.3623

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bubble Games

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/11/2015 2:32:38 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2016 7:17:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Bubble Games, O=Bubble Games, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00C1013F706A3DE6C3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/25/2014 10:59:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ORLnC6J7zCjr7vdd3VnOQZki5Ufsy2QnaZsoYHpD/b531SZX:2ALvdhlOGkqUtBHxl12X

Entry address:
0x1137

Entry point:
E8, 54, CB, 00, 00, E9, 52, C4, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 18, 02, 00, 00, 53, 8B, 9C, 24, 20, 02, 00, 00, 55, 56, 57, 8D, 44, 24, 10, 50, 33, FF, 57, 6A, 01, 53, 89, 7C, 24, 20, E8, 9B, 53, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 20, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 10, 8D, 2C, 0E, 85, F6, 75, 1D, 53, E8, B5, 55, 00, 00, 53, E8, AF, 55, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 8D, 47, 02, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, 81, C4, 18, 02, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 02, 53, E8, 26, 53, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 24, 52, 53, E8, 7B, 54, 00, 00, 83, C4...
 
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Entropy:
7.9818  (probably packed)

Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

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

http://files.vlc.cm/vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

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