avg anti-virus free.exe

Eilio Developments, 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 avg anti-virus free.exe by Eilio Developments, 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:
Eilio Developments, s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4a9063ff10693be7dd0fd8abd278c785

SHA-1:
53df066c17a062e2b8c167c9053c842ee796f6b0

SHA-256:
c6fb9708672a3d6d574bae664db62e474343fc39a25048041152c1463b2074db

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 4:47:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.8.5.23

File size:
514.1 KB (526,432 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avg anti-virus free.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/24/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/24/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Eilio Developments, s.l.", O="Eilio Developments, s.l.", L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0EF8CB39AB15607AB4EF554EB245AFB1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/28/2015 4:35:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ffv/cSGxdtQnvIIR40X7+u0Zpk2JjAUd19nVRk5:fn/cSa3QAIRRL30x0Ur9no5

Entry address:
0xC1DC

Entry point:
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Code size:
98 KB (100,352 bytes)

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