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HALOMOT ITZHAK LTD

The application hotspot_shield.exe, “Generic Setup ” by HALOMOT ITZHAK has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.downloadastroppcfiles.com.
Publisher:
Software Generic   (signed by HALOMOT ITZHAK LTD)

Product:
Generic

Description:
Generic Setup

MD5:
cc8ef76ffd4e27e2960509c110c0bf34

SHA-1:
33f9d1802d2dca3095e2235b49b8bfea66d5705c

SHA-256:
eca9bd03876063e2852fb7687503e192e2afdbd91965daccd61e5391e58a2e1a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/11/2024 10:38:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.10.26.12

File size:
879.7 KB (900,808 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.2

Copyright:
Web Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
HALOMOT ITZHAK LTD

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/31/2015 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/31/2016 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=HALOMOT ITZHAK LTD, O=HALOMOT ITZHAK LTD, STREET=28 Emek Harod, L=Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, S=Israel, PostalCode=7172300, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
39283EDCCC5CBEFDB520858549DF9EE8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:SD51FWnsG8OVyqiLnCCv3QdSJNMT9UD+8NTJ:SF1G8OVytnCCv3QUJeT9e9

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9020

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://cdn.downloadastroppcfiles.com/c?x=RLHYnQRBS16RXhqSY8ZA8FvdWVsAXjH1ezdcvhwyBYc=&c=12XRE/xT8Jw9mXrRLvtKt1GrmlqbmbnJDI/6i/NoR4EIGvmKKJdvjkwBdh8tsAw6QfIpmrxkfaHOE1AtCTDTnQxsqPPmRXJ7JLKGFEE9lTiX pzEkGRTRCxNIC//e0JAoKD/FVhGwuJvsUkYitJxxg==&fallback_url=http://en.downloadastro.com/.../?utm_source=ira&utm_medium=error_generating&utm_campaign=hotspot_shield&downloadAs=hotspot_shield.exe

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