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avg_antivirus.exe

AVG AntiVirus

Innova Group

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application avg_antivirus.exe by Innova Group has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.inncdn.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Innova Group  (signed and verified)

Product:
AVG AntiVirus

Version:
1.0

MD5:
87208580460e1915b11a6d5aaef14b5a

SHA-1:
72d1be8973917e509192f4d4afcf694f52873420

SHA-256:
99966a5ca791adf1977c8b366ffbd8325eef41bc3d7c2576dd6dbd591fdaefb6

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.

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:
11/23/2024 12:55:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.InnovaGroup.Installer (M)
16.1.7.18

File size:
160.1 KB (163,928 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2012 Innova Group

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2012 Innova Group

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
English (United States d'America)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avg_antivirus.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Innova Group

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/25/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/26/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Innova Group, O=Innova Group, STREET="Via Chiamue, 17", L=Tolmezzo, S=UD, PostalCode=33028, C=IT

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
303D7A07170BFA516B217BAC145736CC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:9gXdZt9P6D3XJQ3H0R+566rGOMuWt4rxWd9Uy+AycdYp4VQ6yh4xGo:9e34u3q+5jS6+nv+AyerjP

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file avg_antivirus.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://dl.inncdn.com/?domain=avg-anti-virus&name=AVG AntiVirus&icon=http://screenshot.it.sftcdn.net/it/scrn/18000/18538/avg-antivirus-01-80x80.png&url=http://nl2.inncdn.com/.../avg-anti-virus.exe&lang=it

http://dl.inncdn.com/?domain=avg-anti-virus&name=AVG AntiVirus&icon=http://screenshot.it.sftcdn.net/it/scrn/18000/18538/avg-antivirus-01-80x80.png&url=http://nl1.inncdn.com/.../avg-anti-virus.exe&lang=it

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