During review work related to an AppEsteem Windows Certified Application test, Sophos X-Ops recently identified an unexpected executable delivered alongside Hola Browser (version 1.251.91.0). The executable, me.exe, was not listed as a certified component, and appears to be a crypto-miner.
After the issue was reported through the certification program, Hola reported that they had fixed their delivery pipeline, removing the condition that led to the undeclared component being bundled with Hola Browser.
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Source: Sophos
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