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avast! free antivirus.exe

Eilio Developments sl

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 Eilio Developments sl 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:
Eilio Developments sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a4b0a94d5af2a6c3c22250f3940fa7ae

SHA-1:
93337bf08b97dbb9f757f7198fafd2be50501ca3

SHA-256:
9838562d710ac48e6da11b67a84f401f61bc007ffa79ceb5281321a39487f3ea

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
12/27/2024 8:44:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.8.9.23

File size:
523.6 KB (536,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Eilio Developments sl

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/28/2014 11:17:10 AM

Valid to:
7/28/2016 11:17:10 AM

Subject:
CN=Eilio Developments sl, O=Eilio Developments sl, L=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11218832573D4BDD488A310AF2AC15B41F25

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2014 7:19:59 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:b9OUYHakKTMvZVaG+lzPoshB7btdD6I9yYIYwZe5ZRwqv:b9QhKTt9AkoI9yYIYwZy

Entry address:
0xCBEC

Entry point:
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Code size:
109 KB (111,616 bytes)

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

http://vastfolder.com/n/3.2.10/.../Avast! Free Antivirus.exe

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