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awsetup.exe

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application awsetup.exe, “Anonymous Web Surfing Installation ” by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware 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:
AVSoftware   (signed by AVSoftware EOOD)

Description:
Anonymous Web Surfing Installation

Version:
2.4

MD5:
ef10f6f93c9d031879d1a163e25690a1

SHA-1:
ee915799dc251ecbee055c877b611f4c48dc272c

SHA-256:
80ae1f2c80a1e729c98b9f03699043fb59c29d0d502283584da6b956e0befee9

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.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 8:16:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AVSoftwareEOOD.H
14.2.16.9

File size:
4.1 MB (4,293,792 bytes)

Copyright:
All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\cehv7 module 03 scanning networks\anonymizers\anonymous web surfing tool\awsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVSoftware EOOD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/11/2009 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/12/2010 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Gabrovo, S=Gabrovo, C=BG

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
37BC40AA80D517CAC12E4CB37407D455

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/15/2009 11:43:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:0wMLUn88NEwcQN501V3luypBq/GTNDnBqkXtYt:0wMLU8qhXkLo/GTNDnBqkXtO

Entry address:
0x12A70

Entry point:
6A, 60, 68, B8, A2, 41, 00, E8, C0, 03, 00, 00, BF, 94, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, E8, 28, 18, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, 8B, F4, 89, 3E, 56, FF, 15, E8, A0, 41, 00, 8B, 4E, 10, 89, 0D, 24, 0D, 42, 00, 8B, 46, 04, A3, 30, 0D, 42, 00, 8B, 56, 08, 89, 15, 34, 0D, 42, 00, 8B, 76, 0C, 81, E6, FF, 7F, 00, 00, 89, 35, 28, 0D, 42, 00, 83, F9, 02, 74, 0C, 81, CE, 00, 80, 00, 00, 89, 35, 28, 0D, 42, 00, C1, E0, 08, 03, C2, A3, 2C, 0D, 42, 00, 33, F6, 56, 8B, 3D, A8, A1, 41, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.9697

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.0

Code size:
96.5 KB (98,816 bytes)

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

http://files.downloadnow.com/s/software/11/22/00/.../AWSetup.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/11/22/00/.../AWSetup.exe

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