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Bogus Avast website fakes virus scan, installs Venom Stealer instead

ID: 4a851655-b63f-5af5-b42f-22677e1df836

STIX ID: report--4a851655-b63f-5af5-b42f-22677e1df836

Feed Name: Malwarebytes Blog

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-03-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

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**Phishing campaign distributing Venom Stealer:** A fake Avast webpage lures users to download an executable (Avast_system_cleaner.exe) that installs Venom Stealer (copies itself as v20svc.exe), which harvests browser credentials, session cookies, crypto-wallet data and screenshots, then exfiltrates the data over unencrypted HTTP to app-metrics-cdn.com; the sample exhibits debugger and VM checks, direct system-call evasion, and was only detected by ~27% of VirusTotal engines.

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