Avast Free Antivirus 2015 Setup.exe

Avast Free Antivirus 2015

Download Publisher

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application Avast Free Antivirus 2015 Setup.exe by Download Publisher has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.onedownloader.com.
Publisher:
Download Publisher  (signed and verified)

Product:
Avast Free Antivirus 2015

Version:
3.0.0.74

MD5:
1c4e567c75007d19bc7742a0c8efd56d

SHA-1:
9b210ce093a734691802dfe8ddd302cb1ce70587

SHA-256:
0dfc4eae0758ad55846d8bd5c6b6be48bd52562a9900483fd9d9f8b154c63bf7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 7:42:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.24.3

File size:
950.1 KB (972,904 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.74

Copyright:
(c) Download Publisher

Original file name:
Avast Free Antivirus 2015 Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avast free antivirus 2015 setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/4/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Publisher, O=Download Publisher, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
5ECC09F6F591E0329759887CAC9A3B81

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/2/2015 1:10:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qBs6ZFH2p+hY3SJKZUSh8wV1EzoVI5PZm42eBBfv5/RTCc:qC6IvPZUSh8wV1EzoVOZm42Ev5/j

Entry address:
0x4D5CF

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 40, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
6.7669

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