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avira_free_antivirus.exe

WorldSetup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application avira_free_antivirus.exe by WorldSetup has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from wwc.dindownload.com.
Publisher:
WorldSetup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
20ba4baeddf8ec547dba5288ea09fd5c

SHA-1:
254d0b72839fc6b881f7788c57606eb0d72d4e43

SHA-256:
2b4bdf28e490f0cb41af2638784f14766a35248a12d614ed482678a921289dd5

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
4/25/2024 12:58:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Injected
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.141.48

AVG
Generic5
2015.0.3474

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Installcore.WS
18044

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0135

ESET NOD32
Win32/Injected (variant)
8.9634

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.5.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of firefox_setup_21.0_fr.exe (Adware)
2014.5.15.3

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11652

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundle
v2014.05.15.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WorldSetup.U
14.3.20.12

Sophos
Install Core
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28008

File size:
636.9 KB (652,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avira_free_antivirus.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WorldSetup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/3/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/4/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WorldSetup, O=WorldSetup, STREET=Lilienblum 28 St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Tel-Aviv, PostalCode=6513307, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
6EEF11096F7B5CDC42244636F32F2208

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:oQFag/0TuKo5+w05DIN0tqCWEP4FGlvxQQhmmBzethhy7:oQFN/0TuBsw05DIN0PWECGl8mhet

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://wwc.dindownload.com/.../avira_free_antivirus.exe&name=Avira&ids=6154&ref=v2.r9.avira.elissasoft.com&idv=064c2571be5ba383&idt=inst_934858056532ab1754cdd6&idtaux= &id=es_1_v2_web_795656

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