Avast_Setup_2015.exe

Avast

Install Helper

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application Avast_Setup_2015.exe by Install Helper 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 Vittalia DM 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:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Avast

Version:
3.0.0.84

MD5:
4821138822719e59777aee98fa53ab94

SHA-1:
445a7874e50afcc61327335a70e50d1b2d193add

SHA-256:
9622312f93129e136a0042ea6ae9195d702179ce28e4711b292e5dc4138874da

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
4/24/2024 4:18:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.7.30.0

File size:
844.2 KB (864,416 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.84

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
Avast_Setup_2015.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avast_setup_2015.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/28/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/29/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Helper, O=Install Helper, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
7CC3624C218D0B5B8DB87F5E4E3521B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/4/2015 9:38:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZRQRhHdixi99Ku6cEPV5SpfI4lktZFbCzEhFPbk:shIFN5Sxn0PyEDPbk

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0559

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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