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hola-setup-1.14.558.exe

Hola

Hola Networks Ltd.

The application hola-setup-1.14.558.exe, “Hola Better Internet Installer” by Hola Networks has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from serv1.anadown.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Hola Networks Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hola

Description:
Hola Better Internet Installer

Version:
1.14.558

MD5:
86bfb2793fa8bb6674c9586b0d64a16f

SHA-1:
c5eff326c004de2ca92c2c4b1cc60ad6f71277fc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/12/2025 4:21:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Hola.HolaNetw.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.27.16

File size:
2.4 MB (2,562,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.14.558

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\hola-setup-1.14.558.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Hola Networks Ltd.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/14/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/13/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Hola Networks Ltd., O=Hola Networks Ltd., L=Netanya, S=Netanya, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
14323DF47B81441BA568FF65B1F7DBE7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/27/2016 1:36:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Ytt+at5PEU2J8XtB3sUfTv/jR2gGQ+ciUZjajbiJ1BUJGsFBB9CX94X:i3Y6z39bXd6njK20A3

Entry address:
0x8A5080

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, A4, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, 9B, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, F3, 33, 8A, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 6F, 80, 25, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9778  (probably packed)

Code size:
2.4 MB (2,473,984 bytes)

The file hola-setup-1.14.558.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://serv1.anadown.com/files/2/.../Hola-Setup-1.14.558.exe

http://serv1.anadown.com/files/5/.../Hola-Setup-1.14.558.exe

http://www.anadown.com/reading.html

http://serv1.anadown.com/files/8/.../Hola-Setup-1.14.558.exe

https://cdn4.hola.org/.../Hola-Setup-1.14.558.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-225-76-175.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.225.76.175:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-128-120.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.128.120:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to map2.hwcdn.net  (205.185.216.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-225-227-202.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.225.227.202:80)

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