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avastfreeantivirus.exe

The application avastfreeantivirus.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from d9974672s-727804401.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com.
MD5:
d9d62bcbdb331f4a62b693f4e075c19c

SHA-1:
e2b0a3acb56ff218e0314498a930457241f20b94

SHA-256:
53c4d8fbea8a878c51e46b8fc81c5780d032169112fee9d1b0a4965766b85896

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:42:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundler
v2015.03.05.09

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
(M)
16.7.1.15

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0722
7.2.64

File size:
152.2 KB (155,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 8:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:a5BuYAVrgUCPnKoQSSSSSStdN+vMidZYDv6/ZSVkX5SEvrGoNtS9:a50gUCionvMid0U47ErG0U

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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

http://d9974672s-727804401.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com/download/.../avastfreeantivirus

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