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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 setup.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.officialsoftware.net.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
AVG Antivirus Free

Version:
3.0.0.89

MD5:
a878100adaecc13dc66f80e45d01b555

SHA-1:
c6d067245d9c16df1d36ce0ffb2718ffee04934f

SHA-256:
efa9b2366d9034498c2d4d9532919ad89fdddbe2e41dec4765d7121b3153c3c3

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
11/24/2024 1:56:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKC [PUP]
150414-0

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAssistant.S
21794

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.30
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dqfrig
0.30.16.1110

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Air Software.Bundler
15.4.17.1

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15415

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
38882

File size:
956.7 KB (979,632 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.89

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

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\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/15/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 4:59:59 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:
4/6/2015 11:03:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:phwvlFFrnBpnGpQTseYKLeQZl552Xo14MJ:z6vrfslehzQovJ

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:
7.0414

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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

http://download.officialsoftware.net/v2/click/9fa21c67/?d=http://officialsoftware.net/.../AVG_Free.exe&n=AVG Antivirus Free&key=31f65ed8fc23e7f3b6bc5cc533720723b0336fcbd1557146bef7cba7d7eccc54&affiliate_image=http://officialsoftware.net/.../AVG_logo_noWords.png&product_image=http://officialsoftware.net/.../AVG_logo.png&sid=.avg antivirus free download

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