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avast! free antivirus.exe

Investena Concept, s.l.

This belongs to a Solimba product that may be bundled with additional PUPs or may be part of an ad-supported software program. The application avast! free antivirus.exe by Investena Concept, s.l 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 Solimba DownloadMR installer. It uses the Solimba download manager to push adware offers during the download and setup process. Bundled adware includes search and shopping web browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Investena Concept, s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f9f82e9f04fb2e860b3989c46a012e37

SHA-1:
4d604379862eb2a08c536927139934214a955ac0

SHA-256:
9fbbb431628e4790ab0cbf005ebbf7d62ef174e6367629b80e74da3800574c5e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
12/25/2024 12:19:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
17.3.13.16

File size:
674.2 KB (690,392 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\avast! free antivirus.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Investena Concept, s.l.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Investena Concept, s.l.", O="Investena Concept, s.l.", L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
40AA34E55B1BC6EE54598A0C83C81304

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/18/2015 11:34:32 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x118B4

Entry point:
E8, 2F, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 38, DC, 42, 00, E8, F6, 56, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, C2, 95, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, E9, 4C, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
141 KB (144,384 bytes)

The file avast! free antivirus.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.desk1992get.com/n/.../Avast! Free Antivirus.exe

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