Scan report · about 1 month agoPublic

videolan.org

213.36.253.2AS12322 · FR
Landed onhttps://www.videolan.org/· 1 redirect

page delivers an executable (https://get.videolan.or…4/vlc-3.0.23-win64.exe)

content suppressed for non-Windows visitors
Engine tags
Verdict

What happened

Step by step, from what the scanner recorded.
Load 1.7 s · 43 requests
01 · Visitor opensvideolan.org
02 · Redirected · 1 hopwww.videolan.org
03 · Page shown
VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN
04 · OutcomeA program on the machineAn executable or installer was handed to the visitor under a pretext.

Be careful — warning signs found

Automated

This site shows signs commonly seen in scams or impersonation, but we could not confirm it for certain. It may be a real threat, or it may be a legitimate site that simply looks unusual to our automated checks.

What to do

Avoid entering passwords or payment details until you are sure it is genuine. Open the company directly from its known website or app instead of this link. Check the evidence below and escalate to your analyst if unsure.

"Suspicious" is a caution, not a confirmation — it can be a false alarm. The evidence below explains why it was flagged.

Findings

Strongest first
SupportingPage delivers an executable under a document pretext
https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.23/win64/vlc-3.0.23-win64.exe · content suppressed for non-Windows visitors

The page presents itself as a document but its button downloads a program to run, not a document to read.

Analyst noteConfirm what the download actually serves. A document workflow that delivers an installer is the tell; the file itself may be signed and clean.

InfoCross-domain scripts injected at runtime
2 script(s)

The page dynamically injected scripts from other domains. This is extremely common on legitimate sites (CDNs, analytics, asset domains) and is shown for context only.

Analyst noteNoisy by itself — a CDN/asset domain (e.g. a brand's own *.githubassets.com) is normal. Only meaningful if the source domain is unrelated/suspicious.

File

Stored by the engine

What you download may be live malware. Open it only in an isolated environment, and do not double-click it.

The ZIP is encrypted. Password:infected

Inside the ZIP the file carries a name the engine generated, not the one the page used.

Delivered fileCleanvlc-3.0.23-win64.exe

SHA-2561ee25d09dd8a0e8cf2d84a88346d50fa3d2a060adf2b237f71d097b7c167ef79

Fromhxxps://get[.]videolan[.]org/vlc/3[.]0[.]23/win64/vlc-3[.]0[.]23-win64[.]exe

Infrastructure

IP
213.36.253.2PROXAD - Free SAS, FR · AS12322FR
TLS
CN=YE2, O=Let's Encrypt, C=US · expires Oct 4, 2026
Redirects
1 hop · / → /

WHOIS

Registrar
Gandi SAS
Created
Feb 3, 2000
Expires
Feb 3, 2035
Nameservers
ns1.videolan.orgns2.videolan.org
5 malicious34 suspicious

Hashes & fingerprints

Page capture

Live

Title “VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN”

Engines

8 · time to verdict

Page

HTTP
200 · Completed
Title
VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN
Load
1.73 s · 43 requests
Stack · 8BootstrapGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerHSTSjQueryNginx