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hss-5.1.3-install-plain-772-plain.exe

Hotspot Shield

The application hss-5.1.3-install-plain-772-plain.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from hotspot-shield.en.softonic.com.
Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.1.3.9460

MD5:
57440dfb5353760df26000f797f53abf

SHA-1:
505ce87ad8fac962b8b7e132f5029d6f9f5223d3

SHA-256:
a2758e90ea368f423498d45c564cde914c2186ed81b229f485a7835efc39575f

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/6/2025 6:39:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4167477
47432

File size:
2.4 MB (2,541,192 bytes)

Product version:
5.1.3.9460

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.1.3-install-plain-772-plain.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 10:19:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Ob70JjmO2hSPJS6nV9flqV2YeQ9JIcH8dWSZ+x2k8BIGO:s70JjmKJPnCtekJfLO++BbO

Entry address:
0x3899

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, D8, 16, 7F, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, F0, 15, 7F, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, 92, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 92, 40, 00, 68, E0, 95, 7E, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 20, 84, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9513

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file hss-5.1.3-install-plain-772-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://hotspot-shield.en.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=1/6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAN8EJnRARyiInv YnRfFE/k9JrfYo4GPZSyJb6LUPBvFRalC6YhnuRZwAXjRg3I aGtmjfEzlaRmqDx4AkL7JgRBqgxHwHNI0qwRS09PqpoKVYKruvA1 Ov8FxzNZ80/.../L18qbm2b8wRRrRWD2RzKpHUJBfANwZ0wzfIpO3t1A==

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