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avast.exe

FITDownloader

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application avast.exe by FITDownloader 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 installCore 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:
FITDownloader  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a5d4d3ee18e63604f6da0f9e14e5256e

SHA-1:
efecca8da18c18f8427c39be92b93a227196d211

SHA-256:
83aa23d530de109d769347f397ef73434bb88605230c9bedcbf87d66bfc8fd09

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is 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:
4/18/2024 12:49:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.FITDownloader (M)
16.2.15.9

File size:
733.6 KB (751,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FITDownloader

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=FITDownloader, O=FITDownloader, STREET=28 Lenelblome St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
5E0816C139E8D20E76830D3D9638C4FE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6fDvxcbQEHesKOXn6Yjd8WeGcNXOj0cawka10CuR95oCKU1R3mhIH6aUeS5OErIZ:6fDvKhesjqYJ8WaA0xakp3KUflVUeS5m

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
C3, C3, C3, C3, C3, C3, C3, C3, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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