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avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe

Avast! Free Antivirus

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_free_antivirus_setup.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager 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:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Avast! Free Antivirus

Version:
3.0.0.59

MD5:
7d76ab27f334645574af8472adad2be1

SHA-1:
ff3f449818cc549168883b1308f5049b4456412c

SHA-256:
51c7aaa1520307cc029d47a227be1db31a1cb135bb1cee1285bc154cbf1f1f9e

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/2/2024 1:03:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAssistant.AA
14.12.7.9

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
35418

File size:
781.9 KB (800,624 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.59

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
avast_free_antivirus_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 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:
11/26/2014 4:32:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FX/3Q9p0jL5qO/v+DO240HUP2VJLST1OdO:Zn//vH240jLLSf

Entry address:
0x4C95F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 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, C0, 3E, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 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:
7.1121

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

http://download.downloadd.org/v2/click/80af325a/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../avast.exe&n=Avast! Free Antivirus&key=7cba925a20d5df6586ac965a4623f61fa25db4f7499d1abc0aab36bbf925f8e8&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../avast.png&sid=avast&filename=avast_free_antivirus_setup

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