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vlc-media-player-2-0-5.exe

OCSClient

ThinkLABs Ltd. & Co. KG

The application vlc-media-player-2-0-5.exe by ThinkLABs & Co. KG 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 OCSClient Download 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:
www.download-sponsor.de  (signed by ThinkLABs Ltd. & Co. KG)

Product:
OCSClient

Version:
1.00

MD5:
f8fef4a689095a967267682e1976604f

SHA-1:
87a138d96216aceb85c071372268322c99c0832d

SHA-256:
a623a53ef2f43c8b3efd1d2955dc3871f5f15967128e77815e7eb66c06ce7673

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 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:
4/19/2024 2:31:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.15.9

File size:
598.8 KB (613,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.00

Copyright:
Copyright @ www.download-sponsor.de

Original file name:
ocsclient.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OCSClient Download

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vlc-media-player-2-0-5.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ThinkLABs Ltd. & Co. KG

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/19/2012 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
11/20/2013 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ThinkLABs Ltd. & Co. KG, O=ThinkLABs Ltd. & Co. KG, L=Pfarrkirchen, S=Bayern, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
07887F9E890968F4282F5DDADFFE84E7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2013 8:16:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x15B0

Entry point:
68, 90, 49, 40, 00, E8, F0, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, FD, 1E, 88, 48, 85, E8, 43, BD, 18, E6, F4, C3, 8A, B2, F9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 77, 6A, 68, 69, 71, 6A, 4F, 43, 53, 43, 6C, 69, 65, 6E, 74, 00, 32, 38, 37, 7A, 69, 6E, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 00, E6, 52, 22, 12, BD, A9, 45, 47, B8, 16, C0, 62, E5, 26, 3D, CC, 54, 8D, 09, 2F, 2B, 47, 1D, 45, 91, AA, EB, 0D, 3F, C7, FD, 70, 3A, 4F, AD, 33, 99, 66, CF, 11, B7, 0C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.0349

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
52 KB (53,248 bytes)

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