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avg antivirus 2014 setup.exe

AVG AntiVirus 2014

Download Assistant

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application avg antivirus 2014 setup.exe by Download Assistant 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 AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.softwaredownloadguru.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
AVG AntiVirus 2014

Version:
3.0.0.132

MD5:
e7dab199809ea46c55924ccecbba1213

SHA-1:
cfd479566cc008214b57ee61df5ab01954392ade

SHA-256:
3f1df9c406ed24a83c1961e74b9efb2fe7e576dc280bf34de2930820782d1c96

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/31/2024 12:21:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.3.27.6

File size:
1.1 MB (1,131,200 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.132

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\avg antivirus 2014 setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/25/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/25/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, 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:
2A1D11E01BC0F867CA2D021506280DBF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 6:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:kxGPSo2jtIyOIyWsGYmWZtwSdbNwL6gs+KeD0RJiMp/QrBU:J6o2j2NtGYLZKSdvo+iMpIrBU

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9558

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file avg antivirus 2014 setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.softwaredownloadguru.com/v2/click/gh8nzuiu/?d=http://www.onedownloader.com/softwarefiles/avgantivirus2014.exe&n=AVG AntiVirus 2014&key=9a5b0f26b94bcc3fb1b8151d122285099dbc66da8aad1f1861e6b154a56f91ab&affiliate_image=http://www.onedownloader.com/inventory/avgantivirus2014/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.onedownloader.com/inventory/avgantivirus2014/.../installsplash.png&filename=AVG AntiVirus 2014 Setup&sid=bingusa-AVGAntiVirus2014- avgantivirus---

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