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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:
e2973bee3d32a1437a1550749d62d046

SHA-1:
910615baf3afc8a2f41964a19589ca779aa6bb4c

SHA-256:
8a44f00ab7f5dcbb49bc1610f78f2656e8ce3afd226427b2e973ccc89ca68305

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 10:33:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
16.5.27.23

File size:
2.4 MB (2,568,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/12/2012 6:50:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:x0l4HmSy84G8tKoTB36T4z2p95eSkZxbAXk:i+G64V4od36TVp95p0bAU

Entry address:
0x213B88

Entry point:
E8, 54, 12, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 00, 18, 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:
1.4145

Code size:
2.1 MB (2,198,528 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/1433410787/en/8/.../84579-1806475-hotspot-shield.exe

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