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hidetheip.exe

Hide The IP 2010

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application hidetheip.exe by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Hide-The-IP’.
Publisher:
AVSoftware  (signed by AVSoftware EOOD)

Product:
Hide The IP 2010

Version:
2.9.0.0

MD5:
b7bd78f9b951a24b6442bfdf0096d6ee

SHA-1:
18495fa4cf4f836c422f8f98064b5af17f7413d4

SHA-256:
db93bfebcfb6ad63b7323a83ceef6ac198ec75511fd314d13060787d99e4f697

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:33:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
19960

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.AVSoftware EOOD
15.2.18.12

File size:
3.7 MB (3,839,296 bytes)

Product version:
2.9.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright, AVSoftware Ltd 2006-2010

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hide the ip 2010\hidetheip.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVSoftware EOOD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/11/2009 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/12/2010 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Gabrovo, S=Gabrovo, C=BG

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
37BC40AA80D517CAC12E4CB37407D455

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:PawZZGrj6KQmY7fRGT2DtvpnW+nW8niI0jVswnvWk:tZZmYLRDDbWeWqhEvvWk

Entry address:
0x1BD0E8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 07, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 53, 56, 57, B8, E8, C7, 5B, 00, E8, 04, 9F, E4, FF, 8B, 1D, DC, 59, 5C, 00, 8B, 35, A0, 57, 5C, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, E7, D6, 5B, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 55, E8, 8B, 06, E8, 68, 69, EB, FF, 8B, 45, E8, 8D, 55, EC, E8, 99, D3, E4, FF, 8B, 55, EC, A1, 60, 53, 5C, 00, E8, 48, 7A, E4, FF, A1, 60, 53, 5C, 00, 8B, 00, E8, D4, 7C, E4, FF, 8B, 15, 60, 53, 5C, 00, 8B, 12, 80, 7C, 02, FF, 5C, 74, 14, A1, 60, 53, 5C, 00, BA, 00, D7, 5B, 00, E8, BE, 7C...
 
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Entropy:
6.8299

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,821,184 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Hide-The-IP

Command:
"C:\Program Files\hide the ip 2010\hidetheip.exe" \startup


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