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adaware_installer.exe

Ad-Aware Antivirus Installer

Lavasoft Limited

This is a self-extracting archive and installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from lavasoft.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Lavasoft Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Ad-Aware Antivirus Installer

Description:
AdAware Installer

Version:
10,5,2,4379

MD5:
c58aa2699f347388e7c3cb1138886aa0

SHA-1:
bfc746570f19f2173fff656db82abe6c26f38a34

SHA-256:
e47bba1d69f917f6733653ccb20a5865b1e4e83005e484bfbbac93f7eda313de

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Clean  (1 probable false positive detection)

Explanation:
This is mosty likely a false positive detection, the file is probably clean.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 12:00:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17682

File size:
5.3 MB (5,577,352 bytes)

Product version:
10,5,2,4379

Copyright:
© Lavasoft Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Original file name:
AdAware Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lavasoft Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/30/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/19/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Lavasoft Limited, OU=Director, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Lavasoft Limited, L=Sliema, S=SLM, C=MT

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:
0151F1A5A7DA24B1AA3000EE3B4DD7FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/18/2013 11:17:38 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:9mtkcXnXZms/55epG8P6vzv9GA3w+/xAPmB21IH:WLpNUwFrv9GAf5APT1+

Entry address:
0x1BA940

Entry point:
E8, BC, 33, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 14, 68, 38, EA, 69, 00, E8, DA, B4, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 75, 1B, 68, 34, 34, 67, 00, 8D, 4D, DC, E8, 75, C3, FF, FF, 68, 24, EA, 69, 00, 8D, 45, DC, 50, E8, 30, 70, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 0C, 85, C0, 74, 0D, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, E1, B4, 00, 00, C3, 68, 10, 34, 67, 00, 8D, 4D, DC, E8, 5B, C3, FF, FF, 68, 14, EA, 69, 00, EB, C6, 8B, 45, EC, 8B, 00, 8B, 00, 33, C9, 3D, 05, 00, 00, C0, 0F, 94, C1, 8B, C1, C3, 8B, 65, E8...
 
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Code size:
2.2 MB (2,300,416 bytes)

The file adaware_installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://lavasoft.com/.../adaware_download.php?p=adaware_free&appkind=aafree&type=free&source=inapp&mvt-inter=update

http://lavasoft.com/.../adaware_download.php?internal=true&p=adaware_free

http://lavasoft.com/.../adaware_download.php?source=nag&type=prospect

http://downloads8.lavasoft.com/.../download.ashx?productcode=adaware$params=http://lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_update.php?source=inappupdate&mvt-inter=homepage$dwld=http://downloads8.lavasoft.com/.../download.asp

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