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The application hotspotshieldsetup.exe, “Installer Web Setup ” 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, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from free-pcsoft.info.
Publisher:
Web

Product:
Installer Web

Description:
Installer Web Setup

MD5:
72f203e1a963b7a626c829ecec2c7891

SHA-1:
2094e5f0f14f2ac53be23e060f7d8aa21b8097dd

SHA-256:
b7b67ee49dde5a0ae97edc6a3a1b2d0951b641af756438f17b0721a593d21db2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/21/2024 4:34:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M)
16.5.26.17

File size:
758.7 KB (776,888 bytes)

Product version:
1.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:l65GpSWL3j3wqsxu7lGhiUnJhlA0abNwkdHS60pdoa+wbE2wtBExcJ1UHgAVN:l650Fjwqsxu7IhiUJ4nwkw5SaHbrwKKO

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:
7.8845

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://free-pcsoft.info/?dl=1&dr=cHaWck1o 3xzcrW0UXNoIKVBDkD0 T1z2dVl2kDzcj1QDyDphXAmD3vpDZ0m rcWDK4m7dAWiLLm7dREhKVuvmAWASDChTMm7dlChV8zNZM0NzaRNZnm7K2pDZ1fAznwAZMyNTi4Ag==&pd=2323UmDyDKLtDdWP HAu7dWt&campaignId=9jn0AjLFAjcdAZMq

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