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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 15 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:
a62b853abee2bdd73f0e983c6d4bf181

SHA-1:
f37b8fd95fcc0af99f0365fd233bbbd040a5db81

SHA-256:
ae7946040494d9a2b2fc7718dac6cef2315797488970f0167b3e79a1b29530c8

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
4/23/2024 5:57:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen9
7.11.160.234

AVG
Skodna.Bundle
2015.0.3312

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6650
0.98/19168

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.644
9.0.1.0296

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.8529

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-23-10_5

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13490

Malwarebytes
PUP.DownloadAdmin
v2014.10.23.10

McAfee
Artemis!A62B853ABEE2
5600.6968

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.59492

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.U
14.10.23.22

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
10281

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0704
7.2.296

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
19310

File size:
741 KB (758,752 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:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 7:59:59 PM

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 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:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 2:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rxpJTRe2ox2XK8arRJjOvsWRBsu1ZZKPrqLELFQvCU/D:lpNR9ox2NErSNCPrXQaUb

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:
7.4091

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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