hidetheip.exe

Hide The IP 2010

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application hidetheip.exe by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
AVSoftware  (signed by AVSoftware EOOD)

Product:
Hide The IP 2010

Version:
2.9.0.0

MD5:
915e75aebf623a6bc37982487f627f25

SHA-1:
613912bd7609ade3833d27dec6375b4b92286030

SHA-256:
ef9d1a71bc5e584733099b32bd609796f6bb5d6f5abad3c20e0565853cebef20

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 1:54:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AVSoftware EOOD.AVSoftwareEOOD (M)
16.1.1.14

File size:
3.7 MB (3,839,296 bytes)

Product version:
2.9.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright, AVSoftware Ltd 2006-2010

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hide the ip 2010\hidetheip.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/10/2009 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/11/2010 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Gabrovo, S=Gabrovo, C=BG

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
37BC40AA80D517CAC12E4CB37407D455

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:TmwJJyfbt+LmlkzRO7TiDttSnWInW8nOI0jVs6nvWk:dJlml0RO6D2WYWq9EPvWk

Entry address:
0x1BD0E8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 07, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 53, 56, 57, B8, E8, C7, 5B, 00, E8, 04, 9F, E4, FF, 8B, 1D, DC, 59, 5C, 00, 8B, 35, A0, 57, 5C, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, E7, D6, 5B, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 55, E8, 8B, 06, E8, 68, 69, EB, FF, 8B, 45, E8, 8D, 55, EC, E8, 99, D3, E4, FF, 8B, 55, EC, A1, 60, 53, 5C, 00, E8, 48, 7A, E4, FF, A1, 60, 53, 5C, 00, 8B, 00, E8, D4, 7C, E4, FF, 8B, 15, 60, 53, 5C, 00, 8B, 12, 80, 7C, 02, FF, 5C, 74, 14, A1, 60, 53, 5C, 00, BA, 00, D7, 5B, 00, E8, BE, 7C...
 
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Entropy:
6.8300

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,821,184 bytes)

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