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avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe

Avast! Free Antivirus

Download Manager

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_free_antivirus_setup.exe, “Avast! Free Antivirus ” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 24 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Manager (signed by Download Manager)

Product:

Avast! Free Antivirus

Description:

Avast! Free Antivirus

Version:

2.0.72.0

MD5:

b762af6b205bbd0c506f1ddf5768ba4c

SHA-1:

ca72d252238bacf4478457efcd8db31c7215f24a

SHA-256:

ce294694e59794f7343cdfb857550e4cc37d21f00541b08e169b38d45c6f2e60

Scanner detections:

24 / 68

Status:

Adware

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:

4/26/2024 4:45:53 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

876

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.Installer

2014.10.23

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.180.144

avast!

Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]

2014.9-140912

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3354

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

1.0.20.1275

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.5407

9.0.1.0255

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

8.14.09.12.02

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-4f887ed2

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

11.2014-12-09_6

G Data

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of setup.exe (Adware)

2014.11.6.13

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.AirAdInstaller

t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.183.13345

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirInstaller

v2014.09.12.02

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

15.0.0.765

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.denymp

0.28.2.62841

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.DownloadManager.AA

14.9.12.2

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.14910

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4784938

33706

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.586

2.0.0.1964

File size:

910.9 KB (932,712 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.72.0

Original file name:

setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Manager

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/9/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/11/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:

6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/4/2014 3:08:53 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:Ds/Qg15lj80Dkk125RwWzUNtgjDXArK8L+y2fiUx1P:DsQgNj8E2UW4Ajc28L+y2fiU5

Entry address:

0x2A0750

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, E0, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, E3, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89... 
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Entropy:

7.8745

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

844 KB (864,256 bytes)

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

http://files.downloadd.org/get/click/3h4qmh6i/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../avast.exe&n=Avast! Free Antivirus&key=7cba925a20d5df6586ac965a4623f61fa25db4f7499d1abc0aab36bbf925f8e8&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../avast.png&sid=ca-avast&filename=avast_free_antivirus_setup

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