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avg-anti-virus-free_setup.exe

Advertiso GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application avg-anti-virus-free_setup.exe by Advertiso GmbH has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from securecloudfiledownload1416470625.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
Advertiso GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d5900ea5551a878041062b0ada9c2eb7

SHA-1:
c4599d4b3778123eeb9d8124715053bb39a1df64

SHA-256:
e16ae6bea3ba4876e46c92d256e637b28a2bc4c01b94197e64f464cdc77c9bc6

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:06:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3279

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.RO (variant)
8.10753

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14071

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AdvertisoGmbH.Z
14.11.26.7

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34956

File size:
805.8 KB (825,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avg-anti-virus-free_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Advertiso GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/29/2014 2:06:41 PM

Valid to:
9/30/2015 2:06:41 PM

Subject:
CN=Advertiso GmbH, O=Advertiso GmbH, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121E718DC758D9F04A17EF678927582DA13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vNoPcUzPxth5P2DjybJ3wmeQYnnfPOwp5:vuPDP7h5PmQJAwYnfD

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8632

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file avg-anti-virus-free_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://securecloudfiledownload1416470625.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/downloadsf/downloads/91046/.../avg-anti-virus-free_setup.exe

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