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Other => Viruses and worms => Topic started by: polonus on March 01, 2011, 06:15:20 PM

Title: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: polonus on March 01, 2011, 06:15:20 PM

Hi, found this here: htxp://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=25301861-d9ed-483b-b81f-b331268a863e&bt=1&pl=1

Is this an official avast gadget download?

polonus

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: Asyn on March 01, 2011, 06:24:29 PM

Quote from: polonus on March 01, 2011, 06:15:20 PM

Is this an official avast gadget download?
polonus

It sure is not, pol..!
There's no standalone download for the avast gadget..!!! ;)
asyn

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: JANEWAY on March 01, 2011, 06:47:54 PM

This gadget does work with Avast! but Im not sure how this person uploaded that gadget. Now I have two gdgets for Avast! and can't tell which one was recently installed

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: polonus on March 01, 2011, 07:05:49 PM

If we doubt the originality of the gadget in question, this sure is no invite to go and install it.
Certainly if the gadget is not checked by Microsoft to be original,

pol

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: DavidR on March 01, 2011, 07:28:32 PM

I don't think this is an avast official/legitimate download, but it is supposedly signed by avast software, so I don't know what the live.com gallery make on what it posted.

Or more likely someone has extracted it out of their avast installation. Which seems a pointless exercise as it is included in the avast 6.0 installation and is worthless unless you have avast 6.0.

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: Asyn on March 01, 2011, 07:31:24 PM

Quote from: DavidR on March 01, 2011, 07:28:32 PM

Well since the only standalone gadget version was a beta build and was restricted to certain avast users. Then I don't think this is an avast official/legitimate download and someone brook the trust in being invited to trial the beta gadget.

Dave, we're talking about the gadget not WebRep. ;)
But still, you're right that this can never be official..!!
asyn

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: spg SCOTT on March 01, 2011, 07:33:44 PM

It could be simply that someone has taken the gadget out of the program files folder and uploaded it to the sidebar gallery.

It says it is signed by avast and matches the filesize for the sidebar gadget in program files.

That said, there is no need for a standalone gadget since it comes with avast and can only be used with avast...I don't get what the point would be in downloading it otherwise...

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: Hermite15 on March 01, 2011, 07:42:10 PM

Quote

It could be simply that someone has taken the gadget out of the program files folder and uploaded it to the sidebar gallery.

yep that's probably what happened; anyway that's not legit and I reported it to MS. Not mentioning that it most likely can't work with versions older than V6. Could even be malicious. After all I'll try to download it and scan it. And no, I won't install it ;D

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: Hermite15 on March 01, 2011, 07:45:06 PM

nothing
http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=17354fa3c9aa53c106f1dbd8cca3c99195c9f01204a4b03f9ab247c54431fc4a-1299004865

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: spg SCOTT on March 01, 2011, 07:51:17 PM

Quote from: Logos on March 01, 2011, 07:45:06 PM

nothing
http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=17354fa3c9aa53c106f1dbd8cca3c99195c9f01204a4b03f9ab247c54431fc4a-1299004865

md5 matches the one I have in Program Files...

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: Hermite15 on March 01, 2011, 07:56:19 PM

I didn't check that but okay :D

Title: Re: Is this an original avast gadget download?
Post by: danny96 on March 01, 2011, 08:26:22 PM

Someone just upload C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswSidebar.gadget . I don't know the point of It.  :-\. This won't work for people without avast! 6 so they should delete It.