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Hotspot Shield

RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC.

The application hss-3.42-install-plain-718-plain.exe by RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from hotspot-shield.1800download.com.
Publisher:
RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
9b22f693dc8235515f9e1aa951a9ea21

SHA-1:
a5e492b14f3af4a588667f66ff9c87aa2bfaecd0

SHA-256:
c997c377ae20e08fee9775aec003938fb426de0b44e75e202dd7230d49843de4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 8:42:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.RICHMEDIASYSTEMS.Installer (M)
16.2.7.11

File size:
415.6 KB (425,608 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\hss-3.42-install-plain-718-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/17/2015 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/18/2016 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC., O=RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC., L=HENDERSON, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3F87144C25AF8BCF29F29C5A1FEEF4BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/20/2013 4:53:00 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:MiucV6xYMb3rRDuN4TRyu7F/z2gmLwj3DvAFJsN32LmpD36fQ3kLns8G:MiuhY+3rRD2KRySF/iZMjkkN39e4kbtG

Entry address:
0x331C

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 92, 42, 00, E8, A8, 2E, 00, 00, A3, E4, 91, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, 90, 06, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 7C, 93, 40, 00, 68, E0, 81, 42, 00, E8, 13, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 71, 40, 00, BB, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 01, 2B, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8525

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file hss-3.42-install-plain-718-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://hotspot-shield.1800download.com/get_azure_file/wUiS4WnYccXEwj /TeqjC1c0kw48PjylHxz3YtTWtuh152f0sDcx2dBNJ0DtevylYSfjhxdKOSCGGOO1W xj0bI5zseVDE b/SXqSALlszi1iv/Dr8vT0mlIq4dw2gFQXzWtDzRnksAq9y/oUSCTRLZOnp69YiUMK7MxKRIda y0S3lhfMzTf0VhyPC4TjtlJNSrj/.../Xjqx6sTMzj4rJLxAT5Z7YCsxu6GtGxBzjBS11N9BASeiDA75scO9kx0ufXjGsngX3svYc3iuT1OL16YrPEDi3mLdBgAnaHpNHNw=

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