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hotspot shield.exe

II-II dudum

Eilio Developments sl

This belongs to a Solimba product that may be bundled with additional PUPs or may be part of an ad-supported software program. The application hotspot shield.exe by Eilio Developments sl has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Solimba DownloadMR installer. It uses the Solimba download manager to push adware offers during the download and setup process. Bundled adware includes search and shopping web browser toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.download366.com.
Publisher:
claudus periclitatus  (signed by Eilio Developments sl)

Product:
II-II dudum

Description:
piper fruor

Version:
79.14.96.47

MD5:
f4e6ebc123237b690c55e34f24a27293

SHA-1:
d879c97548952b1041672353cce01d5e3c9b0fd8

SHA-256:
fb7b0af7a17188bc6dc1536e0019551ab335d2cced6637210f98046f84ec5897

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 2:03:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.Gen8
7.11.183.182

avast!
Win32:Solimba-M [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AV
2014.0.4189

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Solimba
4.0.3.14119

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Solimba.LSW
20024

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.8808
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Kazy.132995
14.11.09

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba.AH potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Morstars
11/9/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-a1e0d357
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13943

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Morstar
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Solimba
v2014.11.09.03

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Kazy.132995
15.0.0.939

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Morstar.dhdhyl
0.28.6.62995

Quick Heal
Adware.Firseria.A5
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EilioDevelopmentssl.O
14.11.9.15

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782980
34232

File size:
538.1 KB (550,984 bytes)

Product version:
61.50.75.44

Copyright:
Copyright 2014 scelus vulticulus consuesco

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Eilio Developments sl

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/28/2014 4:17:10 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2016 4:17:10 PM

Subject:
CN=Eilio Developments sl, O=Eilio Developments sl, L=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11218832573D4BDD488A310AF2AC15B41F25

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/4/2014 12:19:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pJSZtERUJ48z9TY4PDZKAAkvvSpG43wbyEvv/Hjagq92:pJ8wi9T3PFKATl43WH/2/2

Entry address:
0xDE2C

Entry point:
E8, A3, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 58, 70, 42, 00, E8, FE, 15, 00, 00, E8, 74, 6E, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 36, 6C, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, FF, 64, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.6994

Code size:
113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

The file hotspot shield.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.download366.com/hotspot-shield/download/.../664

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