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hotspot-shield-3.42.exe

Destiny Dream S.A.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application hotspot-shield-3.42.exe by Destiny Dream S.A has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. While running, it connects to the Internet address a1plpkivs-v03.any.prod.ash1.secureserver.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

Publisher:

Destiny Dream S.A. (signed and verified)

MD5:

dbcd29de16a2d0c28f2e08931557a1ef

SHA-1:

e8ee20f3d3af76c8cda89724451c17877d379d36

SHA-256:

d0c35f055b51ee5d3d330be2f8894ced700a43b465d08e09af8355ac19f657ff

Scanner detections:

16 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

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

Description:

This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:

4/18/2024 10:45:43 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.InstallCore

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

PUA/InstallCore.Gen

8.3.1.6

AVG

Generic

2016.0.3072

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.InstallCore

4.0.3.15620

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Installcore-396

0.98/21511

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.InstallCore.TR

22520

Dr.Web

Trojan.InstallCore.41

9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.TS potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.205.16308

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A

v2015.06.20.10

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dmfogv

0.30.24.2086

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.DestinyDreamSA

15.5.19.12

Sophos

PUA 'Install Core Click run software'

5.15

Vba32 AntiVirus

Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen

3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

40830

File size:

777.4 KB (796,032 bytes)

Product version:

1.5

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\hotspot-shield-3.42.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Destiny Dream S.A.

Authority:

GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:

8/13/2014 5:08:26 PM

Valid to:

8/13/2015 5:08:26 PM

Subject:

CN=Destiny Dream S.A., O=Destiny Dream S.A., L=Clarens, S=Vaud, C=CH

Issuer:

CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:

4B7D7D330F26E7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:H4vF9iE7h1ZXo9JnN+tCL04zFg6sPSlx2Fi/:HElhr2nN+UZ66Ky/

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, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8556

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to www.phpnuke.org (37.59.191.12:443)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to pf.phpnuke.org (198.50.173.143:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-54-93-160-11.eu-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com (54.93.160.11:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-54-186-47-57.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (54.186.47.57:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-10-189-255.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (52.10.189.255:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-107-20-182-77.compute-1.amazonaws.com (107.20.182.77:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-67-243-67.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.67.243.67:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a1plpkivs-v03.any.prod.ash1.secureserver.net (72.167.239.239:80)

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