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hotspot-shield-3.42.exe

The executable hotspot-shield-3.42.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The file has been seen being downloaded from b.villegend.com.
MD5:
1ead1df6419a0223fceac1ae7b197aa0

SHA-1:
1018b3f0acda4f481348418a9418798d16b2c757

SHA-256:
cfac0461ffa97cee141654f06f98126b4dc2fb6a7722174f8b09e56d9fa6305d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/1/2024 11:35:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
16.4.26.20

File size:
454 KB (464,896 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hotspot-shield-3.42.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/10/2012 9:51:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:cQTcbQAglwEw6hOHq81RLUfR7oTMPLA5fj6Lub7pJind8eQkUZU7BU28IDi4fdTR:c9Qjgq81RIfR7oTv5+LCandwgrXV

Entry address:
0x4184B

Entry point:
E8, E6, 12, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 80, C2, 44, 00, E8, EF, 17, 00, 00, E8, B3, 14, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 79, 12, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 28, 02, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4376

Code size:
282.5 KB (289,280 bytes)

The file hotspot-shield-3.42.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://b.villegend.com/v20726?self_redirect=0&product_name=Hotspot Shield 3.42&filesize=7.68MB&filesizeBytes=8052296&product_title=phpnuke.org - Hotspot Shield 3.42&installer_file_name=hotspot-shield-3.42&product_file_name=84579-1801425-hotspot-shield.exe&product_download_url=http://pf.phpnuke.org/s/1428466945/en/8/4/84579-1801425-hotspot-shield.exe&icon=http://media.phpnuke.org/000/970/.../dba_b85_100_70-hotspot-shield.jpg

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