avast-free-antivirus-2014.exe

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application avast-free-antivirus-2014.exe by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from dsu7x9k8c43un.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
AVSoftware EOOD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ba786de12b83d3ee1026c293db7267cb

SHA-1:
9ac1794cc6267a4de48c7a1f2add33c98620fb27

SHA-256:
f30006b4208f563a569e9b1d45268db33fb930033de2dc4430a693e9597b2cd4

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 1:45:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftM8.A
v2014.03.17.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AVSoftwareEOOD.Z
14.3.17.18

File size:
967.1 KB (990,264 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avast-free-antivirus-2014.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/5/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/4/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Sofia, S=Sofia, C=BG

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:
0EB840FECC84AE6DCA7A92109E2314ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2014 5:02:58 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:QZ9i5jjzM+Om+RVubr707VWKbtPwUbllaf:i9i5jjzO8bedZ5U

Entry address:
0x2FE1B0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 61, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, DE, FF, C7, 87, 18, 0A, 27, 00, 1D, 24, 62, 18, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.9217

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
944 KB (966,656 bytes)

The file avast-free-antivirus-2014.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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