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5f0058cc_stp.exe

Hotspot Shield

AnchorFree Inc

This is the downloadable installer to AnchorFree's Hotsopt Shield, an ad-supported VPN client that integrates with the browser. The free version injects ads in the web browser. The application 5f0058cc_stp.exe by AnchorFree Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the HotspotShield installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.megadownloadworld.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.0.2.9347

MD5:
1881c59ea4f3979d5b565a1ff2640783

SHA-1:
56e6acd048aea7c76ac0ff2c12851c1f8f57bd57

SHA-256:
7a5100e1ec8d60a044d7c5616b1565483850e9d168d4bac353bd82c286d2fb62

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/29/2024 5:49:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.29.9

File size:
13.1 MB (13,697,416 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.2.9347

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\5f0058cc_stp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AnchorFree Inc, O=AnchorFree Inc, L=Menlo Park, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3DAA06F4E8BE7B2AE8FC57BA8578B7D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2012 2:19:43 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:EYUrkxw3SCgLmWqOF+LvJySPHnlN5NRh/ORFs7ZAlATtWhx9V7bOG:EYU4egLmWqq+LvJySHnlJHORF4JY5Zbp

Entry address:
0x3899

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, D8, 16, 7F, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, F0, 15, 7F, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, 92, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 92, 40, 00, 68, E0, 95, 7E, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 20, 84, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9950

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file 5f0058cc_stp.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.megadownloadworld.com/c?x=zGR5F/83p MnLNgYMeI 3GvHVdP2ysLcgo a47UK6wg=&c=f3vXjnQ87BMbn2/EwrRwdR5Aw0yM4fNVnUbwQMg2RMNbcMPd4XO7sP58hZ01L74E2j8hTVp8GHIeAo1bo9Ax6SLm/837JIQj zXTbUHJA0m8puXmRwITHaf142iSpr qpl7uB8zG 7pEZhmGwymtuQ==&downloadAs=hotspot-shield-5.0.2.exe&fallback_url=http://pf.benjaminstrahs.com/s/1448102355/en/8/.../84579-1808302-hotspot-shield.exe

http://www.bundleflashuniverse.com/c?x=CzbK2JYiOoskmJM7jmNNoyUmrOLs6JY2MXOh6amgbe8=&c=PqQuYHFrDPL3uVX4u3eElx4qV8a0jw0QCQxIuAqzEmaxZD0tYuX8dfXBQonvH62BP jrJLcs9LR8nT2qrfCubJim/GkvD9i0/Fl9T5oOW9JJSVcYaXV3QMX7IeomuwHrWZ1ize3cEnHtj104DG8vkg==&downloadAs=hotspot-shield-5.0.2.exe&fallback_url=http://pf.benjaminstrahs.com/s/1445535127/en/8/.../84579-1808302-hotspot-shield.exe

https://s3.amazonaws.com/.../HSS-5.0.2-install-plain-783-plain.exe

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