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Avira Antivirus

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 avira antivirus 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.softwaredownloadguru.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Avira Antivirus

Version:
3.0.0.134

MD5:
171ad7a22db88a26b3832b06a4e41391

SHA-1:
faa6f6d0d98f32b9afe467e8d4e07d03951b2287

SHA-256:
a92cee71fec5c30bcba760cdc1947cdeae06ab2f911ca54b619274685ad3af3c

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 '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:
5/20/2024 6:48:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.6.29.22

File size:
1.1 MB (1,193,088 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.134

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\avira antivirus setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/1/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/2/2017 6:59:59 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:
04A6D3440F1D06EE9CA4CE2B30C76606

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 9:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BSxG/5xWDaDP888888888888W88888888888sKkjm73nw8r4ekH0fkhPjzIMiHNn:MxGq3S39cebonIM+fWFZK7hxFJPEgQgJ

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:
6.8668

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://software.softwaredownloadguru.com/v2/click/ligiz166/?d=http://cdn.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/aviraantivirus.exe&n=Avira Antivirus&icon=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/aviraantivirus/.../aidesktop.ico&key=113955bddd57a13b94dcd0a3f597b7aca7f5ea171a5a6b025d9cd2099fa179bc&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/aviraantivirus/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/aviraantivirus/.../installsplash.png&filename=Avira Antivirus Setup&sid=DT-Y--USA-AviraAntivirus-

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