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hss-3.42-install-plain-716-plain.exe

Hotspot Shield

The application hss-3.42-install-plain-716-plain.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from gsf-cf.softonic.com.
Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.42.0.27546

MD5:
f87f1e1bc6658d6d7ec6f5290a35bbdc

SHA-1:
c7a481f7be18d03e504dead58c726046d8e7989b

SHA-256:
2a70524b66377f1a91e79b890e878b49c8ca49fbda78b7facfa89995c2922764

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 9:45:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HotspotShield.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.29.9

File size:
7.5 MB (7,843,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-3.42-install-plain-716-plain.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 6:52:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:W/R25H5QDJcryTutMBySPHnlRQz2SqnFDD:WZ25HXccmySHnl6jqnFD

Entry address:
0x33FF

Entry point:
3B, F7, 72, 05, 0F, BF, ED, 84, D6, 13, D5, F7, D6, 25, 7C, 53, D8, F5, 70, 04, 23, DB, 18, C8, 3B, E9, 78, 02, B2, C0, 42, 80, DE, 79, 85, FB, E8, 46, 00, 00, 00, 43, F6, C0, F2, 70, 02, F7, D7, B9, 01, 0B, 00, 00, 81, E9, 01, 0B, 00, 00, B9, FC, 05, 00, 00, F6, DA, 2A, C6, 1B, C2, 80, F8, 75, 81, E9, 59, 08, 00, 00, FF, C5, 81, C1, 58, 08, 00, 00, 69, D8, 4E, E1, DB, 31, 81, E0, 1D, 8A, A1, 9E, F6, C0, 99, 81, F9, B9, 01, 00, 00, 73, D4, 5D, 8B, CD, 0F, B6, DC, 15, 10, 30, 26, F0, 81, F7, BD, 8E, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9969  (probably packed)

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-3.42-install-plain-716-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://gsf-cf.softonic.com/46e/505/.../HSS-3.42-install-plain-716-plain.exe

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