# govolution/avet

AntiVirus Evasion Tool

Repository: https://github.com/govolution/avet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/avet
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-04-23T21:31:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 40/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 18, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3504, "days_push": 497, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1755, forks 330 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:32.069855+00:00)

## What it is
AVET (AntiVirus Evasion Tool) is a shell-based toolbox for pentesters to build Windows executables that evade antivirus detection, using techniques like shellcode injection, process hollowing, encryption, and sandbox evasion. It also supports generating adversarial examples against machine-learning-based static detectors.

## Use cases
- evade antivirus detection for pentest payloads
- generate windows exe payloads that bypass AV
- test antivirus evasion techniques
- build malicious sample sets for AV research
- inject shellcode into processes to avoid detection
- generate adversarial examples against ML-based malware detectors

## When to choose
- you are a pentester needing AV-evasive Windows payloads
- you research antivirus evasion techniques
- you need to chain payload encryption, retrieval, and injection techniques

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool - the project is no longer developed
- you want a defensive security or malware analysis tool
- you need cross-platform support beyond Windows targets

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, penetration-testing
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: cli
- tags: antivirus-evasion, pentesting, payload-generation, shellcode, malware-research, discontinued, linux

## Member repositories
- govolution/avet (main) score 40

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.069855+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:28:01.515040+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/govolution/avet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.069855+00:00, sha a0f7471df8a7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.