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Avast

Download Assistant

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.exe, “Avast ” by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. 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:
Download Assistant   (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Avast

Description:
Avast

Version:
3.0.0.35

MD5:
cc9b599993118e306dad3c50d69c9c64

SHA-1:
e042bbc7a097e5ea51c6fe52eb3ffb5b08312728

SHA-256:
1d4a6fdfd25c802f6036ec91b3276cd7d94dd8cbb7084ccbf1e6d522460541d7

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

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:
4/23/2024 7:36:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.FX
825

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.FX
1.0.20.1525

Dr.Web
Adware.Conduit.170
9.0.1.0305

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant (variant)
8.10580

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.FX
11.2014-01-11_7

G Data
Application.Bundler.FX
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAssistant
t3scan.1.7.8.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2014.11.01.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAssistant.F
14.10.25.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
33706

File size:
904.3 KB (926,040 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.35

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, 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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/23/2014 5:14:24 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:tVSEb1IFgnVTSRuz2kSOZc8Fx+jRjKaKoXYGHtLwGL6ZIS6rYrkjnvy2euVf9Xmw:tDfnVTSgDxFx+jR9/hrsIXrtpfBvR

Entry address:
0x4ABBF

Entry point:
E8, 6E, 07, 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, 09, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, D1, 07, 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:
7.2084

Code size:
455.5 KB (466,432 bytes)

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

http://download.program-assist.com/v2/click/b8152820/?d=http://www.installer-assist.com/download/avast_free.exe&key=8dcec7f297a61dd9961d173b1f5b1e507f94ec526fe18e72d1b2237ed7d4a75c&sid=Avast&uid=Avast&affiliate_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../Avast_i.png&product_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../Avast_p.png&n=Avast&filename=Avast

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