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AVG Antivirus Free

Download Manager

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-free.exe, “AVG Antivirus Free ” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloadd.org.
Publisher:
Download Manager   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
AVG Antivirus Free

Description:
AVG Antivirus Free

Version:
2.0.4.68

MD5:
74e457adbfdc745794c2af9c694e617d

SHA-1:
3e31ac59adbf67d443b9db8a5b66eacb7136fed8

SHA-256:
45e65154d53d5e34053d789a0795916a2dfbb2d3ecc3a9bfb8bc382dd6ad832e

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:26:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.183.114

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-151016

AVG
Adware Generic_r
2016.0.2955

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-26
0.98/19988

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
20000

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4662
9.0.1.0289

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-6e40cf7f
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller
15.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13888

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.1268

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstaller
v2015.10.16.10

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!2DBBAE1D51FE
5600.6611

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwcgrr
0.28.6.62995

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.836528
14.11.05.01

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I5
10.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)
15.10.16.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.151014

Sophos
PUA 'AirInstaller'
5.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.122
2.0.0.1976

File size:
817.9 KB (837,560 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4.68

Copyright:
(c) Download Manager

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avg-antivirus-free.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/7/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/8/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Manager, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
428E8B7C1AC548D083F4D3A0C5FDAF4C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/11/2013 3:12:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zRBz/DWOVOVbzUKMiC0fAPPh5vovrC64k4uRH:zRBz/qBUKMiX01ovrC6c

Entry address:
0x25E680

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, E6, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8777

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
780 KB (798,720 bytes)

The file avg-antivirus-free.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloadd.org/.../avg3.php

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