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HideTheIP.exe

Hide The IP

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

Version:
6.5.0.0

MD5:
17770927d2c927f6dc077d40f4c47045

SHA-1:
e6fb702b56d3978d557ff18f75fea83da5d4a87c

SHA-256:
28b2ffcf9812653657d79301ff3edc9e982fb975d027489b56b9f3ca1dff69ae

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 1:41:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AVSoftware EOOD (M)
17.2.8.14

File size:
5.3 MB (5,512,296 bytes)

Product version:
6.5

Copyright:
Copyright, AVSoftware Ltd 2006-2011

Trademarks:
AVSoftware

Original file name:
HideTheIP.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVSoftware EOOD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/30/2010 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/11/2013 5:29:59 AM

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 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
612C0FFE70F6570A7F6914CEE86BC00F

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x2AF328

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 08, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 53, 56, 57, B8, 40, E9, 6A, 00, E8, 28, 7E, D5, FF, 8B, 1D, 80, 7F, 6B, 00, 8B, 35, 00, 82, 6B, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, C7, F7, 6A, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 55, EC, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, E9, 37, D5, FF, 8B, 45, EC, BA, E0, F7, 6A, 00, E8, 18, 5B, D5, FF, 75, 21, B0, 02, E8, E3, F4, FF, FF, 8D, 45, E8, E8, AF, 91, E0, FF, 8B, 45, E8, 33, D2, 8B, 08, FF, 91, 6C, 01, 00, 00, E9, D9, 03, 00, 00, E8, F8, F4, FF, FF, 84, C0, 74, 21, B0, 01, E8, B9...
 
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Entropy:
6.7562

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
2.7 MB (2,812,416 bytes)

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