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avg_free.exe

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_free.exe, “AVG Antivirus Free ” by Download Manager 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 www.downloadwizard.com.

File name:

avg_free.exe

Publisher:

Download Manager (signed by Download Manager)

Product:

AVG Antivirus Free

Description:

AVG Antivirus Free

Version:

2.0.5.5

MD5:

a9d90dc51b6efb0d2a03208950ec4d83

SHA-1:

5e604ff1c19eb18b7f970ed158f592972290010a

SHA-256:

ed02bf90fa67a366b943e49e7e08747b07a2b4b83940236abd789057f03650ca

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:

4/24/2024 2:03:40 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.7.13.14

File size:

843.4 KB (863,672 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.5.5

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_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:

3/27/2014 2:11:22 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:KvoTL98X22PdlPe/Xx4It2Rl+SB70Vbg6NkrdXrFxgQw2x5/WMovPb2o0tx1:KgTLWX2CdFeZs+8I06N215/QPao05

Entry address:

0x269820

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 60, 5A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, E5, 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:

7.8862

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

784 KB (802,816 bytes)

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

http://www.downloadwizard.com/download_avg_antivirus_free_ca.php

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