hss-5.3.2-install-plain-773-plain.exe

Hotspot Shield

The application hss-5.3.2-install-plain-773-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 mydati.com.
Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.3.2.9652

MD5:
665e0022ed5648e7eea04500eeccdf35

SHA-1:
a0346c8bce1fd650890ece6dfc9fd0393be9faa9

SHA-256:
14958f2a19471338d16a802dfae72be303abfa435b96f7c0be9424a055a6dbe4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 7:41:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HotspotShield (L)
16.8.8.16

File size:
11.8 MB (12,357,952 bytes)

Product version:
5.3.2.9652

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.3.2-install-plain-773-plain.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/27/2015 8:25:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:XNEv+IFCIIlgh2kzdELqHzUWBDKG/R0ySPHnlN6hVLdLW6fAQgEIZ0M+zYxlml/S:uvt87g4kzCszDsGeySHnledSRN+KlmCp

Entry address:
0x327D

Entry point:
60, EB, 06, 8D, 1D, D7, AB, 51, BC, 19, F6, 84, C3, 74, 07, 85, C3, 80, F9, 1A, 89, FF, 81, D1, DD, 6F, 96, 7E, 0F, BF, F0, F6, C4, A1, 2B, EE, 75, 05, 89, D6, 4B, B3, 4A, 69, F6, 47, B7, 26, ED, 1B, CD, 8D, 05, 74, CC, F1, 84, FE, C7, EB, 06, 8A, D8, 11, D7, 87, EB, 19, D6, 8A, FB, E8, 36, 00, 00, 00, 3D, 9D, E8, 00, 00, 72, 09, BE, F0, B5, 31, 52, 47, 0F, BE, F1, 69, F8, 82, DD, 31, 8C, 31, DE, 69, FA, A4, 42, D2, 29, B9, 97, F4, 98, 14, 88, F2, 86, D0, 81, C3, 45, 79, 00, 00, 0F, BE, D7, 81, EB, 75, 2C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9956  (probably packed)

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file hss-5.3.2-install-plain-773-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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