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hotspot shield 4.15.1.exe

The executable hotspot shield 4.15.1.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The file has been seen being downloaded from d.kindscanmeta.net.
MD5:
74b313b380eb6b1e6501c5d181413136

SHA-1:
74c52e5efc77930aa90148382c9bf698e9061a76

SHA-256:
9b3cefb79e84f8d2e61fbf751d2c237e4b61bb83134c2f81367b4119e6e544b9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 7:05:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
16.4.3.15

File size:
2.5 MB (2,601,633 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hotspot shield 4.15.1.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/19/2012 3:51:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:f/MCEjo/MQjhmuzyRr3MS/+wkmYxSka3HLe+6A2/QA3Ldtbq55u+hX:f/6aTyRr3d5kpSF7oZoQnq55u+hX

Entry address:
0x213608

Entry point:
E8, 54, 12, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 50, 17, 64, 00, E8, 62, 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:
1.5454

Code size:
2.1 MB (2,197,504 bytes)

The file hotspot shield 4.15.1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d.kindscanmeta.net/v24377?self_redirect=0&product_name=Hotspot Shield 4.15.1&filesize=&product_title=Hotspot Shield 4.15.1&installer_file_name=Hotspot Shield 4.15.1&product_file_name=Hotspot Shield 4.15.1.exe&product_download_url=http://pf.phpnuke.org/s/1433529630/en/8/.../84579-1806475-hotspot-shield.exe

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