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hgvpnc.exe

HideGuard VPN Client

iTVA LLC

The application hgvpnc.exe by iTVA has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘HideGuard VPN’.
Publisher:
iTVA LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
HideGuard VPN Client

Version:
1.1.0.0

MD5:
c99904d26e05764e2ab97a8cdaaabe85

SHA-1:
c31d4b7034a7a90c1f2630b89541afbded32fd0a

SHA-256:
f21b457d505241d12185cd6ff36deaf3b6ae8cf16bca8cb92171b00fc68ace39

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
6/1/2024 7:40:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.iTVA (M)
16.10.17.15

File size:
2.6 MB (2,778,312 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.0.0

Copyright:
iTVA LLC

Trademarks:
HideGuard

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hideguard vpn\hgvpnc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
iTVA LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/23/2012 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/24/2014 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=iTVA LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=iTVA LLC, L=St.Petersburg, S=Russian Federation, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
65EB772671D39CAF088B0D4A828C5E61

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2013 4:15:06 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:NUoqN1G45su8EeQflKSXQjjJYULkhTPTCukK:NtqN1GAtHumULkV

Entry address:
0x1FB5B8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, A0, 27, 5F, 00, E8, F3, 2C, E1, FF, 68, 88, B6, 5F, 00, 6A, FF, 6A, 00, E8, 3D, 62, E1, FF, 8B, D8, 85, DB, 0F, 84, A0, 00, 00, 00, E8, 96, 63, E1, FF, 3D, B7, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 84, 90, 00, 00, 00, A1, A4, 58, 60, 00, 8B, 00, E8, D7, AD, FB, FF, A1, A4, 58, 60, 00, 8B, 00, 33, D2, E8, 0D, CB, FB, FF, 8B, 0D, 68, 55, 60, 00, A1, A4, 58, 60, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, DC, 01, 5F, 00, E8, C9, AD, FB, FF, 8B, 0D, B4, 55, 60, 00, A1, A4, 58, 60, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, E4, D5, 5E, 00, E8, B1...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
2 MB (2,071,552 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
HideGuard VPN

Command:
"C:\Program Files\hideguard vpn\hgvpnc.exe"


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