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avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe

OCSClient

Chip Xonio Online GmbH

The application avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe by Chip Xonio Online GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Chip Digital OCSClient 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.download-sponsor.de.
Publisher:
www.download-sponsor.de  (signed by Chip Xonio Online GmbH)

Product:
OCSClient

Version:
1.00

MD5:
de57bef8879c35358ee8c5b62952c6d3

SHA-1:
3bbc49c1e4b40c49a3ac28922e17f8384b680221

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/27/2024 2:06:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Chip Digital (M)
16.8.9.4

File size:
604.4 KB (618,912 bytes)

Product version:
1.00

Copyright:
Copyright @ www.download-sponsor.de

Original file name:
ocsclient.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Chip Digital OCSClient

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Chip Xonio Online GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/10/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/11/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Chip Xonio Online GmbH, OU=Technik, O=Chip Xonio Online GmbH, STREET=Poccistr. 11, L=Munich, S=Bavaria, PostalCode=80336, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
09DE539116119D768EF1B680FD38CBE0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/15/2013 1:44:32 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:07lw1DxgpnofX9F59l3N8aF7ysgfBnnl29x:07m1DAGFDl3maF7ysgpnncz

Entry address:
0x1620

Entry point:
68, 08, F6, 40, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 42, E4, 4B, CC, BF, 67, 0A, 46, 8A, BD, 48, E4, 28, FA, 99, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 4F, 43, 53, 43, 6C, 69, 65, 6E, 74, 00, 6E, 64, 72, 65, 5C, 44, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 03, 0B, D8, 7C, 08, 29, 6B, 9C, 4C, A4, 77, 27, 6A, D8, C2, DC, 65, FA, 67, E7, B3, 0B, 88, 47, 46, AD, B8, 54, 4C, 52, 53, 22, 0E, 3A, 4F, AD, 33, 99, 66, CF, 11, B7, 0C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1034

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
96 KB (98,304 bytes)

The file avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://secure.download-sponsor.de/?pid=techradar&cid=3051650

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