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freewifihotspot.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freewifihotspot.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 12 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 global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f64ba8a4d830c4cf9108da2fc5936896

SHA-1:
9fa8a2bf5af38c725cef405382fa9bcebbb8bd26

SHA-256:
8d1c989a537b70dd0033f78b3dc7305e69a8f232d1ebce731843550049241eee

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
4/18/2024 4:39:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.173.24

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19547

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PY (variant)
8.10439

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
10/27/2014

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

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13417

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.10.27.02

McAfee
Artemis!F64BA8A4D830
5600.6965

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20141027

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.P
14.10.27.2

Sophos
Generic PUA JP
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
33232

File size:
666.8 KB (682,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 12:59:59 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:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+SFaSqAoZTOUTEqX24BtCLXzvOYDlW3XJZRiXAaKen5KzdIUdIkSYd0:+SFPq9ZTgGxC7zvOslW3XH+IdIUdCY2

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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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 4 URLs.

http://global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com/9fa/8a2/.../file?nvb=20150109032948&nva=20150109153048&token=0d40e4d7038afc4e71a34&SD_used=0&channel=WEB&fdh=no&id_file=69692755&instance=softonic_en&type=PROGRAM&filename=FreeWiFiHotspot.exe

http://global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com/9fa/8a2/.../file?nvb=20150107090024&nva=20150107210124&token=0f2ce61db462fc2f4f08b&SD_used=0&channel=WEB&fdh=no&id_file=69692755&instance=softonic_en&type=PROGRAM&filename=FreeWiFiHotspot.exe

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

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

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