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avg antivirus free edition.exe

The application avg antivirus free edition.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.download2desktop.com.
MD5:
7b3fe4ccd260cc9f3962c6b6a29964b5

SHA-1:
fa09f7de956d910b4a5e972ca1dac13b1cdafe2a

SHA-256:
43b3bddb11c03da4f5a1f773395ad6ee45c824f8fdf5fd3960a89a3d108e1b95

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 8:18:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.L potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Outbrowse (M)
16.11.27.19

File size:
102 KB (104,473 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:ugXdZt9P6D3XJrCj5Ky/9XO3jR0eWSzUu/0Wm:ue34ojUQ9OzRgW/cV

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:
7.6714

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.download2desktop.com/DownloadManager/Get?p=301&d=3746&l=3578&n=1&d5=34093&exeurl=http://aa-download.avg.com/filedir/.../avg_free_x86_all_2014_4335a7045.exe&dynamicname=AVG Antivirus Free Edition&filename=AVG Antivirus Free Edition&d1=5038

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