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setup.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 setup.exe, “AVG Antivirus Free ” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. 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 securedownload.officialsoftware.net.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

download manager (signed by Download Manager)

Product:

AVG Antivirus Free

Description:

AVG Antivirus Free

Version:

2.0.85.0

MD5:

c07e15fe54a5a23aa7f1cf0beac62822

SHA-1:

0db25ad38a7203fe4c7e249d9e027a82fa4c4607

SHA-256:

b8163489b22ad070f6a4de2bf0fb8be855bf126f9ff61e41e203b61beb02635e

Scanner detections:

24 / 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:

8/4/2025 7:44:18 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

404

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller

2014.11.15

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.185.204

avast!

Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]

2014.9-151228

AVG

Adware BundleApp_r

2016.0.2882

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

1.0.20.1810

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.5381

9.0.1.0362

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

8.15.12.28.05

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-8c0ea402

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

11.2015-28-12_2

G Data

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

15.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus

not-a-virus:AdWare.AirAdInstaller

t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.185.14021

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller

v2015.12.28.05

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

16.0.0.1086

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.ddtklu

0.28.6.63362

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

15.12.28.05

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)

15.12.28.5

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.151226

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

34232

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.391

2.0.0.1982

File size:

916.4 KB (938,344 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.85.0

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}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Manager

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/9/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/11/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:

6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/26/2014 11:31:30 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:KNhhJK9s1iPB3aJi4Wc16V3yH/oN01n2L4aysRrb:KNhhJ+i63ci4N6JyH/oen2ca9

Entry address:

0x2A3B80

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 00, 5D, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, E3, 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:

7.8743

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

848 KB (868,352 bytes)

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

http://securedownload.officialsoftware.net/get/click/gauyclxz/?d=http://officialsoftware.net/.../AVG_Free.exe&n=AVG Antivirus Free&key=31f65ed8fc23e7f3b6bc5cc533720723b0336fcbd1557146bef7cba7d7eccc54&affiliate_image=http://officialsoftware.net/.../AVG_logo_noWords.png&product_image=http://officialsoftware.net/.../AVG_logo.png&sid=.avg free download nn2014

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