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

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free-vpn.exe

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
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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