hotspot shield.rar

The file hotspot shield.rar has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from download1690.mediafire.com.
MD5:
065fdaf8e827d4ce69a467cd185d8037

SHA-1:
d37f16d8c7e7dceb8ae97cd925378804923d3f28

SHA-256:
f5cdc197015aff1792f17929e168463b2128fe14bb2436955e7b65cd10ab916b

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Part of the Conduit/ClientConnect toolbar/extension distribution.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:35:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Conduit
4.0.3.151213

Bkav FE
HW32.Packed
1.3.0.7383

Dr.Web
Trojan.Encoder.567
9.0.1.0347

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Conduit potentially unwanted
9.12627

G Data
Win32.Adware.Conduit
15.12.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.212.17980

McAfee
Artemis!CF52F9929985
5600.6552

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Encoder.dytycz
0.30.26.4751

Panda Antivirus
PUP/Conduit
15.12.13.08

Quick Heal
PUA.Conduitltd.Gen
12.15.14.00

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Agent.Win32.581945
2.0.0.2532

File size:
8.8 MB (9,265,913 bytes)

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

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

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