avg_free_setup.exe

AVG AntiVirus Free 2014

Download Manager

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_setup.exe, “AVG AntiVirus Free 2014 ” by Download Manager 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 antivirus.everydownload.net.
Publisher:
NEW Download Manager Cert   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
AVG AntiVirus Free 2014

Description:
AVG AntiVirus Free 2014

Version:
2.0.28.0

MD5:
fa03a76b1362284659ff2477411c2fe9

SHA-1:
94304baf73e73911d3a0141abb214864f3167377

SHA-256:
ab4ec18dd616a21ba4db7b774cd3b2baf2d025d8f104321df55b525ab99ec697

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:
11/27/2024 3:29:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.3.28.23

File size:
757.9 KB (776,072 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.28.0

Copyright:
(c) NEW Download Manager Cert

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2017 7:59:59 PM

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

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:
6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/18/2014 2:51:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yaQkL2cZQBOWYeG21nQrFUjL31bi7u2OFtz1WqIepCBheVjhMfAHTPow+Riyt7q6:yduKBOWYFuQrFO5yupzzFpjnzPRIzqG1

Entry address:
0x25E418

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9364

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,739,776 bytes)

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

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