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 e.websited.link.
MD5:
e078dc7febdf7807814a523bdb73049d

SHA-1:
38e5c26dfb6e587659e72de17642f5567ec06fc9

SHA-256:
fb469ab8820965289fb58afede3456aee028b94683b40bf1c79689a43b5a142a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 4:51:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
16.4.14.17

File size:
2.2 MB (2,356,736 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2013 12:20:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:i97mZeLQ8wygrof/TibRQFmg4uX1qx+k4jJEc6Iec+wrt:cmZek8Qo+RQFmsCi6Bc/rt

Entry address:
0x2091B

Entry point:
E8, 54, 12, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, B0, CA, 5C, 00, E8, 5F, 17, 00, 00, E8, 21, 14, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, E7, 11, 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, C8, 0B, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
1.2741

Code size:
150.5 KB (154,112 bytes)

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

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