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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Spiral Media

The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe by Spiral Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadtrunk116.com.
Publisher:
Spiral Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Spiral Media

Version:
78.6.1.397

MD5:
29e3a7039e5178d33ebddf124e337f7c

SHA-1:
5fee95a6008019958277c4db135ceb41973fae9a

SHA-256:
4b9dd06975e7cbf35e0f4f72bf44ddfd23a39166176508d32a93f8fd9a5e6e37

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 '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:
4/18/2024 4:14:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SpiralMedia.Bundler (M)
16.1.3.5

File size:
871.1 KB (892,032 bytes)

Product version:
78.6.1.397

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spiral Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2015 2:46:38 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2016 4:17:39 PM

Subject:
CN=Spiral Media, O=Spiral Media, 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:
028EC22ABAD314A6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2014 2:09:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:frt1YpDDa7GtreqfiTZIyR6no1P3V6mf2:5GU0rBfgIu6nopVA

Entry address:
0x464A

Entry point:
E8, 41, 96, 00, 00, E9, 44, 8F, 00, 00, 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, 7B, 09, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 20, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 10, 8D, 2C, 0E, 85, F6, 75, 1D, 53, E8, 55, 07, 00, 00, 53, E8, 4F, 07, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 8D, 47, 02, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, 81, C4, 18, 02, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 02, 53, E8, 26, 06, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 24, 52, 53, E8, DB, 08, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 3B, F5...
 
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Entropy:
7.9685  (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://files4.downloadtrunk116.com/dl-pure/.../?bc=1194951&checksum=21929113&cb=-1926265706&executable=1198105

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