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hotspot shield 4.15.3.exe

Proksima-S, LLC

The application hotspot shield 4.15.3.exe by Proksima-S has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Proksima-S, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b6788c1911ff785d427af85a9cb91f6d

SHA-1:
6f58fd1da05e8edf9e9e2060e1465d265cc96324

SHA-256:
d1aef3e4ad6386833c51c0d252a4208a9d7f17b02ff5052da6a3427ba6a2f0ea

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/6/2025 11:59:29 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Proksima (M)
16.7.1.11

File size:
309.6 KB (317,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\temp\hotspot shield 4.15.3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Proksima-S, LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2015 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/2/2016 4:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Proksima-S, LLC", O="Proksima-S, LLC", L=Dnipropetrovsk, S=Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
37A7F5E628646AE4BEEB9088379BFCE2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/23/2013 3:05:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:TI7uTK0uNXwddjBcEVjLPvo2khl0bO9ulzkSkfjq2sDuxIq61KFN0t:EiW01VHPwVIkSkf+2syIev0t

Entry address:
0x2560

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 83, EC, 14, 89, C8, 89, E0, C7, 40, 0C, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 40, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 40, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 96, FF, FF, FF, 83, EC, 10, 89, 45, FC, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 89, E5, 53, 57, 56, 81, E4, FC, FF, FF, FF, 81, EC, BC, 09, 00, 00, 68, 6A, 07, 00, 00, 68, 33, 01, 00, 00, 68, F2, 25, 00, 00, 68, 00, 00, 00, 00, 68, 90, A8, 40, 00, C3, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90...
 
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Entropy:
6.5723

Code size:
38.5 KB (39,424 bytes)

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