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Website softigloo.com has a Fake VLC Media Player

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  • Date: February 17, 2013
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Website softigloo.com has a Fake VLC Media Player

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The website softigloo.com has a fake VLC media player and video converter software for download. I do not recommend downloading any software from this website because the fake software it has contain ad-wares, browser hijackers and other software that may take control of your web browser. This website's fake software are currently advertising on a lot of websites, so you may get a pop up browser window that opens this website when you are browsing some websites on the internet.

The Website softigloo.com

Website softigloo.com has Fake VLC Media Player

Website softigloo.com has Fake VLC Media Player

The name of the malicious file is VLCMediaPlayerSetup-55npdco.exe. Do not download this file and the name may change.

The file VLCMediaPlayerSetup-55npdco.exe was scanned and the following threats found:

File size: 159.6 KB (163416 bytes)
File name: VLCMediaPlayerSetup-55npdco.exe
File type: Win32 EXE
Analysis date: 2013-02-15 19:06:21 UTC

  • Adware.Somoto.8
  • Riskware.WebToolbar .Win32.BetterInstaller.AMN (A)
  • a variant of Win32/Somoto.A
  • HEUR:WebToolbar.Win32 .BetterInstaller.gen
  • Adware.Somoto
  • HouseCall --- TROJ_GEN.RCBH1A4

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  • May 19, 2013 at 10:36 AM by an anonymous user from Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

    Download free media player from softigloo comes up as new tab regardless of what tab i go to, I have to re-request the right tab... Only on chrome, had to switch to mozilla.

    remove

  • February 23, 2013 at 5:19 AM by an anonymous user from Budapest, Hungary

    This softigloo.com fake VLC Media Player installer

    (VLCMediaPlayerSetup-[generated characters].exe)

    want to install Delta Toolbar and Delta search engine.

    It is strongly recommended to avoid them.

    remove

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