What is AvastBrowser.exe?

AvastBrowser.exe is part of Avast Secure Browser and developed by AVAST Software according to the AvastBrowser.exe version information.

AvastBrowser.exe's description is "Avast Secure Browser"

AvastBrowser.exe is digitally signed by AVAST Software s.r.o..

AvastBrowser.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected AvastBrowser.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AvastBrowser.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvast Secure Browser
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionAvast Secure Browser
Internal nameAvastBrowser_exe
Original filenameAvastBrowser.exe
Legal copyright(c) 2019 AVAST Software
Product version77.2.2154.121
File version77.2.2154.121

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAvast Secure Browser
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionAvast Secure Browser
Internal nameAvastBrowser_exe
Original filenameAvastBrowser.exe
Legal copyright(c) 2019 AVAST Software
Product version77.2.2154.121
File version77.2.2154.121

Digital signatures [?]

AvastBrowser.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAVAST Software s.r.o.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number01e93999f3871d1091dc1e8d58b8d405

VirusTotal report

1 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AvastBrowser.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
APEX Malicious
1 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the AvastBrowser.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1575895985.453125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "AvastBrowser.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 4,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".00cfg",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".retplne",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CPADinfo",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "prot",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "GOOGLEUPDATEAPPLICATIONCOMMANDS",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1098,
            "time": 4.150254011154175,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1426,
            "time": 4.759635925292969,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1754,
            "time": 3.038132905960083,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 2082,
            "time": 4.173099994659424,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5282,
            "time": 4.1733479499816895,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "bcc2203322c9b07421d4c1e52a9909077db06a7e5ea29e476585b2e1dc5158b7",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "7ef4c7aa59aba9a3b9c23a3b0cf2e74f63803fa728941d64a8df3612eeaddd83",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e4c3b3da51ae46b05aaec72394ee5b1b
SHA25684a6b3bc8ce8b9245bc8caf6632190d4481bc26e4395ec0f0c9750b4b45fd35a

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to avastbrowser.exe:

avastbrowser.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

avastbrowser.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Avast Secure Browser has stopped working.

End Program - avastbrowser.exe. This program is not responding.

avastbrowser.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

avastbrowser.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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