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avast! Free Antivirus

Bechiro S.L.

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, “avast! Free Antivirus AppInstaller” by Bechiro S.L has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. 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. 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:
Bechiro S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
avast! Free Antivirus

Description:
avast! Free Antivirus AppInstaller

Version:
3.0.17.6

MD5:
10e497226febb299937dd648badb2655

SHA-1:
ffe4181ae0eb6aa5998a21dfbed4514cdfd1b7b2

SHA-256:
1b70fe5000c0c8a4f5c3d6f1859194dd214be2d9e855bf5564896472627ab3d2

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
4/26/2024 10:59:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Solimba
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Solimba.Gen
8.3.1.6

avast!
Morstar-U [PUP]
2014.9-160127

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic
2017.0.2852

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Solimba.L
22380

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1302
9.0.1.027

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Solimba
1/27/2016

G Data
Win32.Application.Solimba
16.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16167

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Solimba
14.0.0.754

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Solimba
v2016.01.27.04

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoad3.daevxj
0.30.24.1636

Panda Antivirus
Adware/Firseria
16.01.27.04

Quick Heal
PUA.Bechirosl.Gen
1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Bechiro.Bundler (M)
16.1.27.4

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.FirseriaInstaller@CV!1.5C42
23.00.65.16125

Sophos
PUA 'Solimba Installer'
5.15

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0717
7.2.27

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Downware.Morstar.BechiroSL
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
40938

File size:
281.9 KB (288,680 bytes)

Copyright:
AppInstaller 2013 (132231231)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bechiro S.L.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/12/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/13/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bechiro S.L., OU=Devel, O=Bechiro S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
738DCAC697C06E1B89D106073773010D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/19/2012 12:01:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:hsaocyLCkFJyCmjB2bsR3DHminEclwJYpg6tseC:htobPFAC1b03SinpW1

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 93, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 94, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 94, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 7B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 7B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 94, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

http://pt.pc-file.info/avast-free-antivirus/download/.../686

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdn.solimba.com  (95.211.6.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to api.downloadmr.com  (95.211.39.161:80)

 
http://api.downloadmr.com/installer/161316984/launch

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