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Free WiFi Hotspot

Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd

The software installer may bundle adware as well as other potentially unwanted software using a download manager/installer from ClientConnect or OpenCandy. The application freewifihotspot.exe, “Free WiFi Hotspot Setup ” by Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co. has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars.
Publisher:
FreeWiFiHotspot Co., Ltd.   (signed by Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd)

Product:
Free WiFi Hotspot

Description:
Free WiFi Hotspot Setup

MD5:
21521ce7afca6d29f3446222bb413718

SHA-1:
97eeddb3ec123c6fd06800eb87a7d47e338de341

SHA-256:
7e0567eae72bf3eb1fd074c9090152f6c5cdbc89bfc2b76008b537c76fad82c3

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 9:46:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.10094

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.TsingsoftImaginationInformationTechnologyCo.Installer.Meta (L)
16.3.1.1

File size:
1.7 MB (1,792,992 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\freewifihotspot.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/21/2011 9:42:19 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2014 9:42:19 AM

Subject:
CN="Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd", O="Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd", L=北京, S=北京, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11211887AD441BA7E15E9131AAA0DEF9248A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:49EnK8rhARR2WhoTOnCdEr+DKl0Id69ald:yxT2WhSOn+D60sd

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9927

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file freewifihotspot.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.free-wifi-hotspot.com/FreeWiFiHotspot.exe

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