Home Possibly Unwanted Program PUP.Turbo VPN

PUP.Turbo VPN

Posted: March 17, 2022

Threat Metric

Ranking: 244
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 109,964
First Seen: March 17, 2022
Last Seen: March 10, 2025
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\TurboVPNLauncher.exe File name: TurboVPNLauncher.exe
Size: 598.34 KB (598344 bytes)
MD5: 9f5ef8f6a7e06a46ebb02e7066c660f2
Detection count: 5,895
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\TurboVPNLauncher.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 28, 2025
C:\Program Files (x86)\vpnshield\dep\shieldManager.exe File name: shieldManager.exe
Size: 1.35 MB (1354056 bytes)
MD5: 99b972a717c6728c5c863c51d20590ba
Detection count: 2,991
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\vpnshield\dep\shieldManager.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 27, 2025
c:\program files\vpnshield\dep\shieldservice.exe File name: shieldservice.exe
Size: 4.51 MB (4515608 bytes)
MD5: 8331134761d0db7b3196280e8fb9c202
Detection count: 2,766
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: c:\program files\vpnshield\dep\shieldservice.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 30, 2024
C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\turbo_vpn-service.exe File name: turbo_vpn-service.exe
Size: 624.8 KB (624800 bytes)
MD5: cba8718cf01a7d489d00695bed5011f6
Detection count: 1,801
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\turbo_vpn-service.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 10, 2025
C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\TurboVPN.exe File name: TurboVPN.exe
Size: 7.71 MB (7710368 bytes)
MD5: 781ae32e7d42865284b8a21e83e7fedd
Detection count: 817
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboVPN\TurboVPN.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 10, 2025
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: 187
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\vpnshield
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 31, 2023

More files

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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