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Hide My IP 5.3

My Privacy Tools, Inc

The application hidemyip.exe, “Hide My IP 5.3 Setup Program ” by My Privacy Tools, Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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.
Publisher:
My Privacy Tools, Inc.   (signed by My Privacy Tools, Inc)

Product:
Hide My IP 5.3

Description:
Hide My IP 5.3 Setup Program

Version:
2.0

MD5:
4d0d5aa6344ae42f4778a89d6c03ae28

SHA-1:
e3bf638751b204c8883979dfafcd0be489377eab

SHA-256:
aa52e28e39d398ce36fa342569b0d6ba43b640c786f3b9702e11862b79a4922e

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
4/19/2024 8:59:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.IM (L)
17.2.26.13

File size:
2.4 MB (2,552,104 bytes)

Product version:
2.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2006-2011, My Privacy Tools, Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
My Privacy Tools, Inc

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/23/2009 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/23/2012 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="My Privacy Tools, Inc", O="My Privacy Tools, Inc", STREET=132 N El Camino Real, STREET="#415", L=Encinitas, S=CA, PostalCode=92024, C=US

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
703850811D09AC282C39385DE0DF0271

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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