Ave.exe File Dodging Behind a Long List of Roguewares

During this week, the World Wide Web has been attacked by many new roguewares which all seemed to be very similar. That‘s no surprise at all - all of them came from the same installation file, ave.exe.

According to our database, ave.exe is a dangerous files. It comes with the MD5 signature 5e9c6be7a0f2721a39a52800bf720b02 and is of 202240 bytes (or 197.5 KB) size. Out of 42 reports even 35 of them detected the file as a threat. 

Which roguewares come from ave.exe file? Don‘t be surprised, there is an entire list of them. Take a look at the table below:

Windows XP	Windows Vista	Windows 7
XP Smart Security	Vista Smart Security	Win 7 Smart Security
XP Smart Security 2010	Vista Smart Security 2010	Win 7 Smart Security 2010
XP Antimalware	Vista Antimalware	Win 7 Antimalware
XP Antimalware 2010	Vista Antimalware 2010	Win 7 Antimalware 2010
XP Security Tool	Vista Security Tool	Win 7 Security Tool
XP Security Tool 2010	Vista Security Tool 2010	Win 7 Security Tool 2010
XP Internet Security	Vista Internet Security	Win 7 Internet Security
XP Defender Pro	Vista Defender Pro	Win 7 Defender Pro
XP Security	Vista Security	Win 7 Security
Total XP Security	Total Vista Security	Total Win 7 Security

Table 1.Roguewares from Ave.exe

Keep in mind that each rogueware is installed on different version of Windows. In case you use Windows XP, you might become one of the victims of the fake applications from the list. Of course, I hope this is not going to happen.

Remember that ave.exe is just another variant of av.exe which has been attacking computer users for a long time last year. In order not to get into trouble, be sure your antivirus software is updated and you are familiar with the websites you are visiting.