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hss.exe

The executable hss.exe has been detected as malware by 6 anti-virus scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from hamaad1122.googlepages.com.
MD5:
20ac3ae957d9810305a664104bdb8bff

SHA-1:
900df143dc508033e07df53b0889ed8760ec3bbc

SHA-256:
b78fc7f8e6cb7f09e1bc6a1482c939b5c46e5648dc5f8296970a2d0dab24015c

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 11:38:01 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140609

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.HotSpotShield
4.0.3.1469

ESET NOD32
Win32/HotSpotShield (variant)
8.9687

F-Prot
W32/HackToolX.LV
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11784

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.0ADD1E3E
7.2.160

File size:
1.7 MB (1,806,792 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2006 5:44:04 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:q8m+xqpdpsvyUGJesqyQBFVNCjosGXjG5o7:q8mzpd3UGJesqLLzG56

Entry address:
0x314A

Entry point:
81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, F6, 57, 89, 74, 24, 18, BD, 40, 92, 40, 00, C6, 44, 24, 10, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 56, FF, 15, 70, 72, 40, 00, A3, 30, 30, 7A, 00, 56, 8D, 44, 24, 30, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 56, 68, 40, E5, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 30, 92, 40, 00, 68, 80, 27, 7A, 00, E8, 23, 28, 00, 00, BB, 00, A4, 7A, 00, 53, 68, 00, 04, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, E8, 64, FF, FF, FF, 85, C0, 75, 24, 68, FB, 03, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 68, 28, 92, 40, 00, 53, E8, 0E...
 
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Entropy:
7.9854

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file hss.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://hamaad1122.googlepages.com/HSS.exe

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