avast-free-antivirus.exe

File

Best iNsTAll TlL

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 Best iNsTAll TlL 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free AVAST Antivirus but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Best iNsTAll TlL  (signed and verified)

Product:
File

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
d41a0fa3614739a9ea376f08b3159d7e

SHA-1:
603ce3c556e9c2cf9ea45f412e2a460b82dddaa1

SHA-256:
cca77cc28d6bf3e9083886d38e5ab6ec02122bc15d402d805329483fc745c4a2

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 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:
12/26/2024 12:01:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.BestiNsTAllTlL (M)
16.2.3.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,101,792 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
File

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Apr17-054156-5f8091f1-8c7a-4d84-bd28-f7841c33a730.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
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/16/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Best iNsTAll TlL, O=Best iNsTAll TlL, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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

Serial number:
36C1CFA7EEBE392359D0C1578BAEFAC7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/17/2015 7:41:56 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0Miy4IadS4ms5I6e66fEheKhPsoP52eeLBfUEnHTx52xhF3WGFHffaXTNvJXe:0bSaE4mvt/6P2e+seTxgxh5JFnaXZx

Entry address:
0x75F3E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
464 KB (475,136 bytes)

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