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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 a.datacardbar.info.
MD5:
524d2b4635f2420daf01bf32964b9429

SHA-1:
e02fd17d74f0aa03788a3d45a93ae28029c099cd

SHA-256:
dc5d5dce938926a1bc192c02970728861b5c6cc86e308473384a05b6e652f8e3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 10:58:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
16.7.24.18

File size:
477.5 KB (488,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/7/2012 9:18:19 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:zWnBfgIQKYcN31uuIg4dU7euw/p2nQR2uZb3kPxhV68H1+IYix7qpYg9UZBRzZhz:zbIq5Xg8U7euwfR/YPVv1bDVHsPrMv

Entry address:
0x4738B

Entry point:
E8, CF, 1F, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, A0, 22, 45, 00, E8, DF, 24, 00, 00, E8, 9C, 21, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 62, 1F, 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:
6.4383

Code size:
305.5 KB (312,832 bytes)

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

http://a.datacardbar.info/hp/?q=any0JqqoAFAHSUMOQIyxCut1dv59G26lGYV8D7iXpK3oElZ8iBx4IMxsJH7gKcdcPmZNdK 1dhkiMFFPqOTYD19lku1L9ZKJObhdsNhPNcNl2b7fA8MqFkxyQ/QCJGLEdXxXHOt1EKRZiojfZ0JltfmIata4 K3gvQkukeFprXvhuSuL8qA/u0QJJ mN5h8/711Ks/Ag8HXmTvvHia1dqSy92GK2uViAEzhMp8EWchBtoGZ2YfwK6/3SCfnQFf92 F yjrI/bFJtOyUJScwkMYco0KszsgBpeMie7RWwmQXHQbmU5Pvp8Y1CMBMEJ5lW7PpUIBbfi9iqpqZ04yaRp6ZsvM3B2STjCnWttPobgdaIJhkKh56ypNOWEnpyqI/lgEUwpImhRBUO4ovs6I3xmcbzava2SADwZHdOcs 620K3wIzMg72252NgBLMFseRXcHfZPzS85Pb9NisswoUs8BDlSmFvR2lCHdgtmUzn3rnV618lXjlb3aYIlf5QPaQD8Kq0RrNI9cHxD4V1LGpKwYDxFGLRArIj/.../HmvpPGcdLJzN38li&external_id=1427176244905856952&uuid=pgmVfhOtM133PRlisqio0jc1jHxlJqzhjOkj7olUSZz16G09QRHc7k2zsoZ4wGOE4MOJH6oEGxT7fEEIUtQ1IMo4gTd3RQnNNhA7RqWUMTlXVxKCKqt4AcWAN7

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