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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. 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:
SAFe install opt  (signed and verified)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.9.3.0

MD5:
9d8958c0c7019b3e14654ce240083ce9

SHA-1:
e94b7511a619733cdcb8c24da000ec970a095a14

SHA-256:
c49267c2ea14c248cacb740797133f147f7c8dc1a4b790cbf9d5f9618f822250

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:
12/24/2024 1:48:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
16.7.22.16

File size:
1.1 MB (1,146,856 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.3.0

Copyright:
Setup

Original file name:
Ionic.Zip-2015Mar10-184235-36011e0b-a5d1-4bce-acf2-8265cc986e9b.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SAFe install opt

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/8/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 6:59:59 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:
21F09287DB1643385B8B637938596AFB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2015 1:42:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9bSaE4mvt/nLKOEk62Dmg8yfGXixb61pREaQ0DI1:9bSv4mvJWJkrPHeXitKpREaQ0S

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)

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

http://get.0107design.info/1426012930/1426012930/.../bVxjIzhlcGB0aWtwaiReYGNhZV9tXjhYdFlqayldcGVeKFhsbGBtZWlzcx9fKDsqHWBfZmw9LiFxZ2g0KSJaaj1gYGsyLw

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