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avg_free.exe

AVG Antivirus Free

Download Assistant

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application avg_free.exe by Download Assistant 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 AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.downloadwizard.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
AVG Antivirus Free

Version:
3.0.0.89

MD5:
50c9399d321c31a4b1b658fc1df61ccf

SHA-1:
9e08c204a7523fe6ca73fd6dafa49ea8bfeed981

SHA-256:
90db44fc7cdc5135f8435252ceaa8b078c86805c3ed9f699283ea383f7d6441e

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 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 9:36:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.8.9.11

File size:
956.7 KB (979,632 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.89

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
avg_free.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/5/2015 7:53:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5m3hKQ1zdu3nc3VrqJZQTw4sx5/CqW8ZQBgXna:kHJu3nSVrqIwPPaqW8na

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0410

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

The file avg_free.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.downloadwizard.com/v2/click/4156abde/?d=http://af-download.avg.com/filedir/inst/avg_free_stb_all_2015_5315_free.exe&key=e0d8c68ff56b445f58c45bf4d46eaa2a7ed67c1f0212d590f12cf6dfa05be59e&sid=avg-uk&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://www.downloadwizard.com/.../logo_avg_live.jpg&n=AVG Antivirus Free&filename=avg_free

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