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avast_setup.appref-ms

The file avast_setup.appref-ms has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.softsumagrabclear.com.
MD5:
40dceb9d4de78582ba50490a8ec774b2

SHA-1:
a5e456e7eead8005beff9cb58ceb2a30e618d446

SHA-256:
1eae86ec06a196721ecedb78498f980e992b7b9f9881872dc4e0587a965bd1a0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
7/25/2025 10:40:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
(M)
16.6.23.15

File size:
766 Bytes

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avast_setup.appref-ms

The file avast_setup.appref-ms has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.softsumagrabclear.com/c?x=EubBRTGddTS0qqDowzJDfeNjYI14cSoGAJGYA2eMpFA=&c=6evacy2ZBcTd1VgZGhSSNuhiL6BccDNDQWwgjO70ZQDyNNt/8vcFfevre3f8OXgbXcTe4JTA30lu74jkwJSMAp75GM8N9CaGt2Sw5/.../E5aau44TzFS0jZUhVjYLgcK216DK35adDFeiaVJ7nkE0=&downloadAs=Avast_Setup.exe

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