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AVG_Free_Setup.exe

AVG AntiVirus Free 2015

Download Helper

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_Setup.exe by Download Helper has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Download Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
AVG AntiVirus Free 2015

Version:
3.0.0.63

MD5:
82b8e959423e1572191bba4c4d7a2688

SHA-1:
0b46f45f762d10ad5c70dd483661f989b3430bb9

SHA-256:
0af434d3dd5be977c548aea650f4c48afdfce9ecd1be1a58e6c2202449be1ca8

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/29/2024 9:18:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
6347559

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.01.14

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.200.132

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3230

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
1.0.20.70

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
15.1.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.01.14.05

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
16.0.0.42

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.14.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Air Software
15.2.10.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
36468

File size:
784.9 KB (803,712 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.63

Copyright:
(c) Download Helper

Original file name:
AVG_Free_Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\new folder\avg_free_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, L=Victoria, 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:
4263E777B200F4E7A16FDB1764B87576

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/6/2015 6:49:19 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jfgs8zfYy3or6tZekSG6RlYv1m4UOCcSm09Ht7:jfgsqNSG6Yv1m4UrcN091

Entry address:
0x4CD0F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 20, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1133

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

http://antivirus.everydownload.net/avg-free/.../

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