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freewifihotspot.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freewifihotspot.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.free-wifi-hotspot.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
95fc8c8158124ddbf0f9bffef92e5d55

SHA-1:
7895a6b30f8c6cdc47453b134089927c51e6a77b

SHA-256:
f08a17a4598337ca725c9862b5976eddb473ad494d9de3970252a527e36cbf5d

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:36:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.174.222

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14926

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19589

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PY (variant)
8.10469

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of freedriverbackup.exe
2014.12.8.9

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13504

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.09.26.12

McAfee
Artemis!95FC8C815812
5600.6995

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20140926

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.P
14.9.26.12

Sophos
Generic PUA HN
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
33442

File size:
666 KB (681,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installers\freewifihotspot.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 3:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TechEvolve GMBH, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TechEvolve GMBH, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
50FF3D5C361AE9F52E4B0A3CF576C6EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NctFahrUYradv4aHwD5rVdh/KZRWbki7l64WZ+6TvplJa6zYXg1:NctFQrNrL8cVbyXCkeNUbpltzYXg1

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:
7.8878

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file freewifihotspot.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.free-wifi-hotspot.com/package/.../FreeWiFiHotspot.php

http://www.free-wifi-hotspot.com/FreeWiFiHotspot.exe

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