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BrowserAssistant.exe

BrowserAssistant

Covus Freemium GmbH

The application BrowserAssistant.exe by Covus Freemium GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer.
Publisher:
Covus Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
BrowserAssistant

Version:
1.1.0.0

MD5:
31ab68c6fd93487847bf89c8b1726ce3

SHA-1:
e744ba62a999a5930790e7e4bdd67f4ca107f3db

SHA-256:
f9b82756c02c5cb026b87525a9702cabea8699d4f858518cbe0b7250c16a0a75

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Includes bundled offers in the installer/download manager that include adware components such as Best-markit, and Search Protect (ClientConnect).

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:
4/26/2024 4:37:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Covusfreemium
2015.0.3404

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.CovusFreemiumGmbH.Q
14.7.23.23

File size:
353.4 KB (361,840 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.0.0

Original file name:
BrowserAssistant.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\covus freemium\free system utilities\browserassistant.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Covus Freemium GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/28/2013 10:21:57 AM

Valid to:
1/29/2015 10:21:57 AM

Subject:
CN=Covus Freemium GmbH, O=Covus Freemium GmbH, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11211DBCB8A07ED407612FC406EFD259BE29

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2014 11:41:32 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:G8xTyfPIS+NjSRnT2QS23QAe1vSGTl028v1QYw2qXu+V:9xTyoS+RgT8AsvYw1XXV

Entry address:
0x543EE

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
329 KB (336,896 bytes)

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