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avast-free-antivirus.exe

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Safe iNstAlL oPT

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application avast-free-antivirus.exe by Safe iNstAlL oPT 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 OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free AVAST Antivirus but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Safe iNstAlL oPT  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
cc44f89fe7cf0109b38ceafc7414e8a1

SHA-1:
4afe20a0706e2eba5c9e78b996b697b602cf5102

SHA-256:
5427ec7286e82a3b2be9fe4248b4819e53d6d7f09dcff9a7026a0b71149fdcb4

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:
1/15/2025 5:04:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.12.24.9

File size:
1.1 MB (1,101,288 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr06-185320-f07bca1a-8db0-49a2-9dab-a403bcbd6289.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avast-free-antivirus.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe iNstAlL oPT

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/4/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe iNstAlL oPT, O=Safe iNstAlL oPT, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7449B3AB41441273C70FCB4E1841E84C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/6/2015 3:53:20 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x75F3E

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

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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