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download-hss-3.19-install-hss.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 download-hss-3.19-install-hss.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 62.75.167.207 and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.19.0.20707

MD5:
de4f0fe6c0f8104cb6ef76741ca6d4d7

SHA-1:
d3e0a7a7babe7b7bd93f285ba790b1a68e2542b9

SHA-256:
fa4bd0c9bcf0becd720b96ed141b42e5af056214057f5f88a9a952e404f6dc28

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 3:32:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
7.4 MB (7,750,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\download-hss-3.19-install-hss.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/27/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/13/2014 4:59:59 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 6:22:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:XS+h22y67Gxsrb1cMjmTdKySPHnlRuIBHBaOpx/EO:XR2367Usdj5ySHnl8kNjMO

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:
7.9969

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file download-hss-3.19-install-hss.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://62.75.167.207/.../HSS-3.19-install-hss.exe

http://dl2.filehippo.com/.../HSS-3.19-install-hss.exe

http://mydati.com/.../client

http://files.filepuma.com/files/network-management/.../Hotspot_Shield_VPN_v3.19.exe

http://rpt.anchorfree.net/afrpt.php?afcid=2384&affr=click_upgradepage&dt=0&afUh=rss2search.com&afUp=/upgrade/&rdr=http://mydati.com/.../client&tag=HSSHIELD00SA&sip=921307986&afhss=hss240&cnl=HSSCNL000076

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

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