Home Possibly Unwanted Program PUP.Turbo VPN

PUP.Turbo VPN

Posted: March 17, 2022

Threat Metric

Ranking: 330
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 77,013
First Seen: March 17, 2022
Last Seen: October 18, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\turbo_vpn-service.exe File name: turbo_vpn-service.exe
Size: 769.35 KB (769352 bytes)
MD5: 46c58c89520bbe4e548e7b02c1f88b90
Detection count: 12,111
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\turbo_vpn-service.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\TurboVPNLauncher.exe File name: TurboVPNLauncher.exe
Size: 598.34 KB (598344 bytes)
MD5: 9f5ef8f6a7e06a46ebb02e7066c660f2
Detection count: 5,705
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\TurboVPNLauncher.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\TurboVPN.exe File name: TurboVPN.exe
Size: 6.29 MB (6299464 bytes)
MD5: 6165aa59c70db3022248fd59f84050df
Detection count: 5,525
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\TurboVPN.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 29, 2023
TurboVPN_setup.exe File name: TurboVPN_setup.exe
Size: 24.56 MB (24565160 bytes)
MD5: a86859ed1f33f73986cb4a2b80c882f4
Detection count: 4,600
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 16, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\vpnshield\dep\shieldManager.exe File name: shieldManager.exe
Size: 1.35 MB (1354056 bytes)
MD5: 99b972a717c6728c5c863c51d20590ba
Detection count: 2,944
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\vpnshield\dep\shieldManager.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 29, 2023
c:\program files\vpnshield\dep\shieldservice.exe File name: shieldservice.exe
Size: 4.51 MB (4515608 bytes)
MD5: 8331134761d0db7b3196280e8fb9c202
Detection count: 2,733
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: c:\program files\vpnshield\dep\shieldservice.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 29, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\TurboVPNLauncher.exe File name: TurboVPNLauncher.exe
Size: 594.41 KB (594416 bytes)
MD5: 2f4d32a1f28325d0a5202adf114bdc36
Detection count: 1,548
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\TurboVPNLauncher.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 3, 2023
TurboVPN_setup.exe File name: TurboVPN_setup.exe
Size: 25.88 MB (25887072 bytes)
MD5: 20667e2b795ce7b80d121c3c0e021e9a
Detection count: 691
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\turbo_vpn-service.exe File name: turbo_vpn-service.exe
Size: 786.28 KB (786288 bytes)
MD5: 24c2fa02827daa1a565765d25873051b
Detection count: 651
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\turbo_vpn-service.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 18, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\vpnshield_install.exe File name: vpnshield_install.exe
Size: 9.63 MB (9631736 bytes)
MD5: 7b4f897f3c16309d64f5ec8eef3f7625
Detection count: 244
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\vpnshield_install.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\vpnshield\vpn_shield.exe File name: vpn_shield.exe
Size: 18.45 MB (18452804 bytes)
MD5: c7d27c7a545e589ba02068ea0b034978
Detection count: 183
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\vpnshield
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 29, 2023
.\TurboVPN_setup.exe File name: TurboVPN_setup.exe
Size: 26.06 MB (26061480 bytes)
MD5: 4c8ba1bc52e4b34eccc78c2cc3fefdf9
Detection count: 56
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: .
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 17, 2023

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathTurboVPN.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\nnovative Connecting\TurboVPNHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}TurboVPN

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\TurboVPN
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