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vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall 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.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0ce090502d1023693a1313da62538a99

SHA-1:
f141778c63d08e32daa05097b8a8a782588579cb

SHA-256:
3d3948b5831990fddbde1f9997a489c5304edd53d08b1ee7e60e4e4367d7efab

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 7:21:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/DownloadAdmin.AH.2
7.11.122.52

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.411
9.0.1.0265

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9190

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of openofficewriter-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.4.15

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.174.10644

McAfee
Artemis!0CE090502D10
5600.7000

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.U
14.9.22.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK/RDM!5.1
23.00.65.14920

Sophos
Download Admin
4.80

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1204
7.2.265

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
24792

File size:
717.5 KB (734,744 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/3/2010 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/30/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
29529B0D185F8525A92A866D4A38DA3A

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

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0xpJ9paOlLvAo6FiCC0DsJomVFmZyW9PIgPwe1XBaFDFH:IpLEAAoQC0DmqgS4e1XBQFH

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:
7.3825

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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