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avast_setup.exe

Component Run

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application avast_setup.exe, “Prime Installer ” by Component Run 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 Adknowledge Fusion 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:
Prime Installer   (signed by Component Run)

Product:
Prime Installer

Description:
Prime Installer

Version:
3.5.9.2

MD5:
e1cc62556865eb889efecccd7aca28b9

SHA-1:
8d292e35e6caf0cb66fe77b884e564cac297e3ce

SHA-256:
2528dbbf9b8c7d377828ad9600b15331bb5af8bd2b3193937de6f5eca5b60fcf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
5/5/2024 5:24:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.ComponentRun.Bundler (M)
16.3.7.11

File size:
259.9 KB (266,104 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

Copyright:
Copyright 2014 (C) Prime Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Component Run

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Component Run, O=Component Run, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
009FDF1B0DAD5FCCD2A0983B6573CACA9A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/16/2015 7:00:19 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:zNUVMWfi0njiY9Q+Is5HHmCDMDd9C/NdkedYXW3am5R2vttDv11cE3HXOyif:aeWpnjJ5HH5oDq/NdkuGKaCR2rc2ORf

Entry address:
0x18FD3

Entry point:
E8, AC, 98, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 68, 40, 90, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, EC, A5, 43, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, EC...
 
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Entropy:
6.5137

Code size:
178 KB (182,272 bytes)

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

http://secure.2-pn-installer.com/o/.../Avast_Setup.exe

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