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avg-secure-search-installer Application

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The application avg-secure-search-installer.exe, “avg-secure-search-installer ” by InfoSpace has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
AVG Secure Search  (signed by InfoSpace)

Product:
avg-secure-search-installer Application

Description:
avg-secure-search-installer

Version:
18,1,0,443

MD5:
7c28b6942fc3c5964036d1f2a312a46c

SHA-1:
4f639f04035fe2567f8aaa7b79d2bd1371a81618

SHA-256:
ac7b513a7617497468b54ad763de56fb384bb2c0be032b5ecc4e6cd145a55f5b

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.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 12:45:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InfoSpace (M)
16.11.1.12

File size:
2.4 MB (2,553,672 bytes)

Product version:
18,1,0,443

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012

Original file name:
avg-secure-search-installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Hebraico (Israel)

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\avg_a01620\avg-secure-search-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
InfoSpace

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/15/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/17/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=InfoSpace, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, OU=Systems, O=InfoSpace, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

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:
4FA97FCF31526C9CF6D4D2149CA247DB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/13/2014 5:18:39 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Od/aYs14onc9G0h7/n+Fx9rx08iQhKXBU/jOSIwT4cNxeyr/b6fjpW7TMgYYQcb3:Od/aVGonc9GU7/n+Fzrx08hOBUOwTZxd

Entry address:
0x16E247

Entry point:
E8, 24, D2, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 42, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 18, F3, 64, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 9B, D2, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 76, 89, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, D0, 04, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8B, 8D, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, BA, A0, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Code size:
1.8 MB (1,838,080 bytes)

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