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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 download.informer.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4a679bf4fd1a1933e960ccd4dc5f1466

SHA-1:
ea1ce8a90e04a301c8cb7ac7d76036a8a56fa6bc

SHA-256:
c03c14b922c522617a941aea2c795b672203575cd292efc7937a7ba7b9d51438

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 11:28:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
260.9 KB (267,144 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:
3/27/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/13/2014 6:59:59 PM

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 8:22:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ytKn/L5iZ1zcROo6eECz2UT7tL5KK8gGVlFxxkGtIKZv+c91Zxq:ytCD5iDShz37toK8thxx9tI6TXo

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:
7.7562

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 3 URLs.

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

http://download899.mediafire.com/g7a76a2s28pg/.../DM-232.exe

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-15-155-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.15.155.27:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to text-lb.ulsfo.wikimedia.org  (198.35.26.96:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to front.head.rambler.ru  (81.19.82.1:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-198-59-66.ap-northeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.198.59.66:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 199-255-210-75.anchorfree.com  (199.255.210.75:80)

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