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dm-232.exe

AnchorFree Inc

The application dm-232.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 goo.gl and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address 166-22.amazon.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1d275bca9a36307e0360933e30a73f15

SHA-1:
e66369a9d17bedf16a5f445f737e858dfbba1f3a

SHA-256:
1ff6b842aec4b5582d1594c49f6e9abeb23b5ff1874ac98aa01aa894e225aa57

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 8:16:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.10.9

File size:
265.7 KB (272,072 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\dm-232.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/28/2011 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/14/2014 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AnchorFree Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AnchorFree Inc, L=Sunnyvale, 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:
68A4A0CC448443C288A22A91D7F82126

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 5:22:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5tKn/L5iW54cROo6eECz2UTII9h3gEuLY8X6lsHJKfggKRks:5tCD5iWBhz3IsVuR6MJKYt

Entry address:
0x33FF

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, 70, 85, 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, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, EE, 7E, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, ED, 7E, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 6C, 85, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 54, 85, 40, 00, 68, C0, 6D, 7E, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 83, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7627

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file dm-232.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://goo.gl/O9t30

http://download.informer.com/.../dm-232.exe

http://expat-shield.software.informer.com/.../

http://expatshield.com/expat-shield-download.php

http://www.expatshield.com/expat-shield-download.php

http://expatshield.com/download/.../DM-232.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 74-115-0-76.anchorfree.com  (74.115.0.76:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to text-lb.esams.wikimedia.org  (91.198.174.192:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to origin.du119w.dub119.mail.live.com  (157.55.235.48:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to origin.blu180.mail.live.com  (65.55.118.92:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to befr.ebay.be  (66.211.181.20:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 166-22.amazon.com  (207.171.166.22:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 158.199.198.104.bc.googleusercontent.com  (104.198.199.158:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 153-149-96-48.compute.jp-w1.cloudn-service.com  (153.149.96.48:80)

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