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avast-free-antivirus-8-0-1489.exe

OCSClient

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application avast-free-antivirus-8-0-1489.exe by CHIP Digital GmbH 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 Chip Digital OCSClient installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free AVAST Antivirus but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
OCSClient

Version:
1.00

MD5:
c30126db0b6b4a3059f0cdf8822c4d17

SHA-1:
6363400d0a9f11794e9fc59c6fb820f53e0b36e0

SHA-256:
1cae935905e70a393d7e533a096a50b90d7577ab7ca49556fac5fa68bc71f2a5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially 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:
4/25/2024 7:17:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ChipDigital.Bundler.Covus.Meta (M)
16.2.13.13

File size:
600.4 KB (614,784 bytes)

Product version:
1.00

Original file name:
ocsclient.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Chip Digital OCSClient

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avast-free-antivirus-8-0-1489.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/25/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/26/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, STREET=St.-Martin-Str. 66, L=Munich, S=Bavaria, PostalCode=81541, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
360BEAFE1EBBCC59FBA31179BE3192C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/27/2013 7:28:37 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:7KWlw1Dx+vASgdfCEv2YUMNJlaJuNlK17Y4c83fhysVufBn597NX20:77lw1Dxg5gdfXeYU43fiysgfBnnl20

Entry address:
0x1620

Entry point:
68, 08, F6, 40, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, EF, 4E, 90, D9, AA, 0A, CD, 43, 91, 50, 46, 79, E4, 37, D4, 82, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 4F, 43, 53, 43, 6C, 69, 65, 6E, 74, 00, 6E, 64, 72, 65, 5C, 44, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 03, 23, 5A, 55, 3A, 3C, E0, 07, 47, B3, 35, 82, 3C, 05, 78, AE, A7, 47, FF, BF, 0B, 62, DE, 67, 44, A8, 40, C9, 76, C0, F9, 23, 95, 3A, 4F, AD, 33, 99, 66, CF, 11, B7, 0C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.0987

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
96 KB (98,304 bytes)

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