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avast! free antivirus.exe

RAPIDDOWN

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application avast! free antivirus.exe by RAPIDDOWN has been detected as adware 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 Solimba DownloadMR installer. The installer uses the Solimba download manager to push adware offers during the download and setup process. Bundled adware includes search and shopping web browser toolbars. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free AVAST Antivirus but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
*Rapiddown*  (signed by RAPIDDOWN)

Description:
Setup Manager

Version:
1.0.0.29

MD5:
e6f8deb36637b9d2eb451e452ead814c

SHA-1:
b6232fe76bfce0b33bce6c2b0b9d41cb066d1efc

SHA-256:
7c4ccba4cfd396ceb151a65929f1b95728ad6224c11654abdf92a8190f677113

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This will bundle various adware such as the Whitesmoke Toolbar and Iminent Toolbar. "These offers will be displayed depending on the user's location as well as the configuration of his/her PC, considered normal to display 2-3 offers. Additionally, the download manager offers the optional installation of a toolbar."

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 7:21:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.RAPIDDOWN.Bundler (M)
16.1.19.1

File size:
172.4 KB (176,488 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.26

Copyright:
copyright·©·2013

Original file name:
inst4ll·3x3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
RAPIDDOWN

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/26/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/1/2014 10:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=RAPIDDOWN, O=RAPIDDOWN, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
02E94F6B0DC7BF53B8B6341C02DE4104

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/30/2013 1:43:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:7fwFBn/RRVtCkR495OpHOMnKEUJVBz20OW4Y/T8tEYs:7YFBn/RRVtCcVHrnwJVBztr4s

Entry address:
0x60117

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
100.5 KB (102,912 bytes)

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

http://dl.softohqimjjedf0jq.net/n/.../Avast! Free Antivirus.exe

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