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polonus
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Avast detects Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
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November 26, 2014, 05:54:01 PM »
Suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen
See:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/e574c9979cba4a3e3cce14445bfaeb9440187f74771f55fde20dd90bf779b579/analysis/1417020607/
and
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/bb3620eb7e8157e55ffb1cddeba21c64277598e63d1edc950e85bfed3a340100/analysis/1414943706/
see:
http://fetch.scritch.org/%2Bfetch/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fd1afnzxmf8pgcy.cloudfront.net%2Fmirror%2Fappshat%2Fappshat-distribution.exe&useragent=Fetch+useragent&accept_encoding=
Server redirect status: ode: 403, Content cannot be read!
Read here:
https://forums.aws.amazon.com/message.jspa?messageID=125058
Read also here:
https://github.com/s3tools/s3cmd/issues/67
Consider:
http://www.freefixer.com/library/file/appshat-distribution.exe-101333/
The adware from there:
http://www.herdprotect.com/signer-somoto-israel-ltd-009324e7b7aaa5711b11734ff41e4a3d57.aspx
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Re: Avast detects Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
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November 26, 2014, 06:08:08 PM »
Also consider from Somoto Israel:
http://www.herdprotect.com/signer-somoto-israel-ltd-009324e7b7aaa5711b11734ff41e4a3d57.aspx
Avast does not flag:
http://www.herdprotect.com/freeyoutubedownloaderinstaller.exe-781b14c9fdd7489f5ac3e234f4a283990afa7c54.aspx
Maybe the avast pup detection grabs it? Adware that 93% do not detect.
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Re: Avast detects Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
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November 27, 2014, 08:18:09 AM »
Norman/BlueCoat
appshat-distribution.exe - Hi, Detection has not been added as the file didn't show any malicious or PUA activity.
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Re: Avast detects Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
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November 27, 2014, 05:26:50 PM »
Do not rely on one result and it won't ruin your day, therefore...
Consider:
http://processchecker.com/file/appshat-distribution.exe.html
see:
http://www.herdprotect.com/appshat-distribution.exe-d650b0418c4e4a3796adb9c6d75e822bdd570368.aspx
see:
http://www.greatis.com/appdata/d/TEMP/a/appshat-distribution.exe.htm
see:
http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/AppsHat-Mobile-Apps-77725-program.aspx
see:
http://speedutilities.com/remove/appshat-distribution.exe.html
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