avg anti-virus free.exe

Contumar Empresarial 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 Contumar Empresarial 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:
Contumar Empresarial s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4c7ca7d6acef894559e54a608e48360d

SHA-1:
743f2b6bc52c32787e23c89d827c4b2cdfe007d3

SHA-256:
3690743f2cdab305948a41b12371b3842177e0f7279ec181c147ae25eba57c55

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
12/25/2024 11:36:49 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.8.1.8

File size:
612.6 KB (627,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 12:00:38 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 12:00:25 PM

Subject:
CN=Contumar Empresarial s.l., O=Contumar Empresarial s.l., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
112119FE6AFB4FA7129F4F594CD3E07D5B21

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/25/2015 4:27:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yNtYmXTENcww6ZJvLBhjxW7Ib78BzBE/vHHqoXBjQfhsojX6xX9:YYm4nP9W7IqzBE/KhsojKxX9

Entry address:
0x10FEC

Entry point:
E8, 7E, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 10, CC, 42, 00, E8, BE, 57, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 11, 96, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, BD, 4D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

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