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avast.exe

The executable avast.exe has been detected as malware by 19 anti-virus scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Self-extracting archive installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from drive.google.com.
MD5:
301341ee4438e0c62e13a3e3fcae1bd4

SHA-1:
4a3b782a102618661ef21d18f6bc4e65ca41b1a0

SHA-256:
5be4034c1f13382de8affdc5850c4ef110c12199621b537ace14318cf6f9e922

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 5:12:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.13234991
373

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Rogue.306394
8.3.1.6

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
2014.9-160127

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.BAT.StartPage
4.0.3.16127

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.13234991
1.0.20.135

Dr.Web
BAT.DownLoader.111
9.0.1.027

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.13234991
8.16.01.27.08

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat.SB!tr.dldr
1/27/2016

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.13234991
11.2016-27-01_4

G Data
Trojan.Generic.13234991
16.1.25

Kaspersky
Trojan.BAT.StartPage
14.0.0.751

McAfee
RDN/Generic StartPage!cd
5600.6507

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.13234991
17.0.0.81

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.StartPage.dqhthl
0.30.24.1357

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.13234991
15.05.13.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
16.01.27.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.391
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Trojan.BAT.r4
1.16.14.00

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

File size:
299.2 KB (306,394 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Self-extracting archive

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/2/2014 8:07:30 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:xY20AljuB28YZgqEPfS1fE1G5q7jkZ+C3:xY20AljdZgBPfKfV8C3

Entry address:
0x1D5DB

Entry point:
E8, 85, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 82, FC, FF, FF, C7, 06, 20, B2, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, 20, B2, 42, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, 20, B2, 42, 00, E8, 24, FD, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 4E, CA, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08...
 
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Code size:
161.5 KB (165,376 bytes)

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

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0Bxx-A_utByKMOExFMWExTkZObGc

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