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The free-vpn.exe (ProtonVPN Setup (r2312070500)) File Analysis

Technical Analysis

File Name free-vpn.exe
File Type
Win32 EXE
Magic Bytes PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
SSDEEP Hash
786432:enqtzSQT4IBdu+OQ/5vlEOZRREFkWdeZwJd+:eqAqOi5vlHFEFleqd+
Scanner Version 1.0.151.174
Database Version 2023-12-07 16:01:02 UTC

Suspicious File Detected

Detected by 18 security engines - requires caution

This file requires additional checking for potential threats. Based on suspicious indicators, we will soon add it to our virus database.
25%
Detection Rate
36,588,504
File Size (bytes)
18/72
Engines Detected
2023-12-07
Analysis Date

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File Identification

Hash Type Value Action
MD5
91ff802a9009e0578574c6ebf3733e23
SHA1
94fa1b81f3e8d9326bc5416a849b6b06b46791f9
SHA256
ae9afda66c68a53ed58a0968f9c2cd62ddc0bc1b8ce593257cd866aee8343849
SHA512
79f3b3699c07a496b98e0b521b6e4640ed22d246b2ff74d18db2cdd5da1370edce583bfeaa540d17622f24b5a90ae73890fb2ca71655eef81024f38c89a223e4
ImpHash
e569e6f445d32ba23766ad67d1e3787f

Security Engines with Detections (18 of 72)

Elastic
malicious (high confidence) Malicious
MicroWorld-eScan
Gen:Variant.Cerbu.169551 Malicious
ClamAV
Win.Malware.Vmprotect-9887807-0 Malicious
VIPRE
Gen:Variant.Cerbu.169551 Malicious
Kaspersky
not-a-virus:UDS:Downloader.Win32.InnoBundle.alfc Malicious
BitDefender
Gen:Variant.Cerbu.169551 Malicious
Avast
FileRepMalware [Misc] Malicious
Emsisoft
Gen:Variant.Cerbu.169551 (B) Malicious
DrWeb
Adware.Downware.20475 Malicious
FireEye
Gen:Variant.Cerbu.169551 Malicious
GData
Gen:Variant.Cerbu.169551 Malicious
Google
Detected Malicious
Arcabit
Trojan.Cerbu.D2964F Malicious
ALYac
Gen:Variant.Cerbu.169551 Malicious
MAX
malware (ai score=88) Malicious
AVG
FileRepMalware [Misc] Malicious
DeepInstinct
MALICIOUS Malicious
CrowdStrike
win/grayware_confidence_90% (D) Malicious
54 engines reported no threats - Only engines with detections are shown above for clarity

PE Analysis

Basic Information

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Hash: e95c1374f366ab028175ae1a3d952b35
Fuzzy: affe7f4b67ec4b55ad84e98f100bad25
dHash: f8ce60aca933b6e8
Image Base 0x00400000
Entry Point 0x004b5eec
Compilation Time 2023-02-15 14:54:16
Checksum 0x022f43fe (Actual: 0x022f43fe)
OS Version 6.1
PEiD Signatures PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Digital Signature OK
Imports 7 libraries
kernel32, comctl32, version, user32, oleaut32, netapi32, advapi32
Exports 3 functions
Resources 35 Resources
Sections 10 Sections

Digital Signatures

Sectigo RSA Time Stamping CA Sectigo Limited (GB)
USERTrust RSA Certification Authority Sectigo Limited (GB)
GlobalSign Code Signing Root R45 GlobalSign nv-sa (BE)
GlobalSign GCC R45 CodeSigning CA 2020 LLC NG (RU)

Version Information

Comments This installation was built with Inno Setup.
CompanyName
FileDescription ProtonVPN Setup (r2312070500)
FileVersion 1.26.0
LegalCopyright
OriginalFileName
ProductName ProtonVPN
ProductVersion 1.26.0
Translation 0x0000 0x04b0

PE Sections

Name Virtual Address Virtual Size Raw Size Entropy Characteristics MD5
.text 0x00001000 735,716 bytes 735,744 bytes 6.36 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 43AF0A9476CA224D8E8461F1E22C94DA
.itext 0x000b5000 5,768 bytes 6,144 bytes 5.97 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 185E04B9A1F554E31F7F848515DC890C
.data 0x000b7000 14,244 bytes 14,336 bytes 5.05 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE CAB2107C933B696AA5CF0CC6C3FD3980
.bss 0x000bb000 28,136 bytes 0 bytes 0.00 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E
.idata 0x000c2000 4,060 bytes 4,096 bytes 5.03 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE E7D1635E2624B124CFDCE6C360AC21CD
.didata 0x000c3000 420 bytes 512 bytes 2.75 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE 8CED971D8A7705C98B173E255D8C9AA7
.edata 0x000c4000 154 bytes 512 bytes 1.88 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 8D4E1E508031AFE235BF121C80FD7D5F
.tls 0x000c5000 24 bytes 0 bytes 0.00 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E
.rdata 0x000c6000 93 bytes 512 bytes 1.38 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 8F2F090ACD9622C88A6A852E72F94E96
.rsrc 0x000c7000 106,496 bytes 103,936 bytes 5.19 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ D7BED722614CDDA047C35AB5E85B077F

Resource Analysis

Total Resources: 35 (102,019 bytes)
Resource Type Count Total Size Percentage
RT_ICON 18 89,763 bytes
88%
RT_STRING 11 8,040 bytes
7.9%
RT_RCDATA 3 768 bytes
0.8%
RT_GROUP_ICON 1 76 bytes
0.1%
RT_VERSION 1 1,412 bytes
1.4%
RT_MANIFEST 1 1,960 bytes
1.9%

Certificate Chain Analysis

Certificate #1
Subject Sectigo RSA Time Stamping Signer #4
Sectigo Limited
GB
Issuer Sectigo RSA Time Stamping CA
Serial Number 76161378635050837295056099126206603988
Certificate #2
Subject Sectigo RSA Time Stamping CA
Sectigo Limited
GB
Issuer USERTrust RSA Certification Authority
Serial Number 63883093293784159655322269805543173561
Certificate #3
Subject GlobalSign GCC R45 CodeSigning CA 2020
GlobalSign nv-sa
BE
Issuer GlobalSign Code Signing Root R45
Serial Number 159159759846135372329575655669707113543
Certificate #4
Subject LLC NG
LLC NG
RU
Issuer GlobalSign GCC R45 CodeSigning CA 2020
Serial Number 24471232504456529697183431568
Certificate Verification Status

OK

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