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hotspot_shield.exe

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Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application hotspot_shield.exe, “Generic Setup ” by Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer.
Publisher:
Program software   (signed by Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management Ltd)

Product:
Generic

Description:
Generic Setup

MD5:
6597318e625611869450f378ec3cd86a

SHA-1:
68ab031398086007dc6e5adc6bd03362837f2a6e

SHA-256:
04b2922a6de0478df249e6773d021ac2efeb5a51c3c9d0bb685eab74afc4df57

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 2:02:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.10.5

File size:
776.5 KB (795,120 bytes)

Product version:
3.0

Copyright:
Soft Program

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\hotspot_shield.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/14/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/15/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management Ltd, O=Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management Ltd, STREET="Operation Dekel St, 13", L=Petah Tikva, S=Israel, PostalCode=4934629, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
4CEE4E88CD7722B05DF0129CF008860C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8742

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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