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avg_setup.exe

AVG Antivirus

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_setup.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.install-wiz.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
AVG Antivirus

Version:
3.0.0.110

MD5:
f5b1015b1503397d513b36c860a34f19

SHA-1:
382fedb99858b9c99a0da894e35bd8da22535064

SHA-256:
c733b3ad8b0cf4788fa5969d2bf08f17a57734a46147c1a81553db692cfd31e7

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:
12/26/2024 12:08:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
16.3.2.22

File size:
965.3 KB (988,440 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.110

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
avg_setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\avg_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/20/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2016 7:59:59 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:
68A4319BC2FC7C8CEA600E8D68FFA326

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/18/2015 10:54:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NBC0U9rtNDRxx4jWlvKmjRblH/Rd0ESUopRQUM:NB89rtNDXcep9blfcEPkFM

Entry address:
0x1288

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 20, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 89, 5D, FC, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, C6, 18, 03, F3, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F0, 1B, D2, 89, 75, EC, F7, D8, 89, 55, F4, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 46, 0C, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, C6, FD, FF, FF, 56, FF, 35, 28, 10, 40, 00, 8B, CF, E8, 42, FF, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C4, 18, 83, C6, 28, 83, F8, 01, 76, 18, 56, FF, 35, 2C, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.0490

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
577 KB (590,848 bytes)

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

http://software.install-wiz.com/v2/click/ca075ba8/?d=http://downloadsly.com/download/avg_setup.exe&key=b54ccb1df0ce616bf537e7c68065d9ff2f2edc276afa4eb773880d0dc8579202&sid=avgdom-dldsly-202548-7793510848-g103-us2&uid=&affiliate_image=http://downloadsly.com/.../avg-logo.png&product_image=http://downloadsly.com/.../avg-img.png&n=AVG Antivirus&filename=avg_setup

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