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hss-5.2.1-install-plain-772-plain.exe

Hotspot Shield

The application hss-5.2.1-install-plain-772-plain.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from hotspot-shield.en.softonic.com.
Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.2.1.9543

MD5:
c31aee1f65660c4817d711eff14d9594

SHA-1:
c86923eb2f733238201adce0180f6a901b376ff4

SHA-256:
1f931656234e190f7240fa4af78e8879a24a539c8a2e3b64535220ed08b1dd91

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 8:35:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HotspotShield.Installer.Meta (L)
16.7.7.21

File size:
12.8 MB (13,463,888 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.1.9543

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.2.1-install-plain-772-plain.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/24/2001 8:00:00 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.55

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:Rvfy7/yMU9bNU/dEJySHnlJ15xvwJ7I1FwkMn:Q7KMUN0qHnruJ+pMn

Entry address:
0x11F0

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 83, EC, 08, 83, C4, F4, 6A, 02, A1, C8, B2, 40, 00, FF, D0, E8, 79, FF, FF, FF, C9, C3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 49, 6A, 65, 65, 66, 6F, 21, 45, 73, 62, 68, 70, 6F, 21, 77, 6A, 73, 76, 74, 2F, 21, 43, 70, 73, 6F, 21, 6A, 6F, 21, 62, 21, 75, 73, 70, 71, 6A, 64, 62, 6D, 21, 74, 78, 62, 6E, 71, 2F, 00, 5C, 00, 20, 00, 22, 00, 8D, 76, 00, 55, 89, E5, 8B, 4D, 08, 8B, 55, 0C, 31, C0, 39, D0, 73, 08, 00, 04, 08, 40, 39, D0, 72, F8, C9, C3, 8D, 76, 00, 55, 89, E5, 8B, 4D, 08, 8B, 55, 0C, 31, C0, 39...
 
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Entropy:
7.9961

Packer / compiler:
Video-Lan-Client

Code size:
32.5 KB (33,280 bytes)

The file hss-5.2.1-install-plain-772-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://hotspot-shield.en.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=1/6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAN8EJnRARyiInv YnRfFE/.../L18qbm2b8wRRrRWD2RzKpHUJBfANwZ0wzfIpO3t1A==

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