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avg antivirus free edition.exe

StART NOW

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application avg antivirus free edition.exe by StART NOW 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.softworldfiles.com.
Publisher:
StART NOW  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ae243f3b1683d1dcf8a9c8af178c1548

SHA-1:
c482db41d67d069801d36112dce225b8c6f7e41b

SHA-256:
89ade49b1a9135ea566b1c1df910b69317531ec7cb0faf5bd2eec04b710249a8

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 '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:
11/15/2024 5:58:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse.StARTNOW.Bundler (M)
16.6.29.18

File size:
597.5 KB (611,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avg antivirus free edition.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
StART NOW

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/5/2015 12:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 11:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=StART NOW, O=StART NOW, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
49D186F5D4CD2EA57A61CBF406813874

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 10:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Y3A77+iCyKgUmu0CIYi6/vGuseD5OARw87k2sXq/3tLorWyBJJFrIQ:Y3+CRBli6/1HD5OASUvWr1

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9457

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file avg antivirus free edition.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.softworldfiles.com/downloadmanager/get?p=301&d=3746&l=3578&n=1&vm=0&exeurl=http://cdn.ppdownload.com/.../avg_free_stb_all_2015_5315_ppc12.exe&dynamicname=AVG Antivirus Free Edition&filename=AVG Antivirus Free Edition&d1=16606

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