Prevx Research Division
ASHAVAST.EXE
WormIt is possible that your PC could be infected. The file name ASHAVAST.EXE is used by both safe and unsafe programs.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Worm
File Behavior
ASHAVAST.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
ASHAVAST.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename ASHAVAST.EXE was first seen on Jan 29 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Spain on Jan 29 2008
- Romania on Jan 29 2008
- Europe on Oct 1 2008
- Bangladesh on Jul 4 2009
- The United Kingdom on Dec 8 2010
File Name Aliases
ASHAVAST.EXE can also use the following file names:
- ASHSERV.EXE
- ASHCNSNT.EXE
- EXPLORER.EXE
- ASHMAISV.EXE
- ASWUPDSV.EXE
- ASHDISP.EXE
- ASHWEBSV.EXE
- 39620115.EXE
- 47077457.EXE
- 96613907.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 294,960 bytes
- 270,520 bytes
- 300,672 bytes
- 435,615 bytes
- 394,752 bytes
- 428,263 bytes
Vendor, Product and Version Information
Files with the name ASHAVAST.EXE have been seen to have the following Vendor, Product and Version Information in the file header:
- ALWIL Software; Splash screen for Avast!; 4, 5, 514, 0
- ALWIL Software; Splash screen for Avast!; 4, 8, 1227, 0
- ALWIL Software; VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA;
- ALWIL Software; Splash screen for Avast!; 4, 8, 0, 0
- ALWIL Software; Splash screen for Avast!; 4, 7, 879, 0
- ALWIL Software; Splash screen for Avast!; 4, 7, 0, 0
- ALWIL Software; Splash screen for Avast!; 4, 1, 334, 0
- ; ; 3, 2, 10, 0
- ALWIL Software; Splash screen for Avast!; 4, 7, 1098, 0
File Type
The filename ASHAVAST.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.