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hotspot_shield.exe.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 hotspot_shield.exe.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 filehippo.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

Publisher:

AnchorFree Inc (signed and verified)

Product:

Hotspot Shield

Version:

5.2.3.9557

MD5:

ec15a583ba4b4b313bbc65a90d1c2aa9

SHA-1:

49151334201f110518a6f0ddf5808a05c13001a6

SHA-256:

abe94d2ff70639e63e220e103dc5299a54aef3900248292d2658ef0b42cc387b

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

12/25/2024 1:53:26 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.AnchorFree.Installer.Meta (L)

16.6.10.9

File size:

12.8 MB (13,455,872 bytes)

Product version:

5.2.3.9557

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

HotspotShield

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\hotspot_shield.exe.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

AnchorFree Inc

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

5/21/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/14/2016 1:59:59 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:

12/27/2015 7:25:41 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

393216:mvD0tj7lmZsjHEZcorJySHnlJ6jT5GTPdpk/dk:NDmmjkDHnr6jl/dk

Entry address:

0x327D

Entry point:

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Code size:

24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file hotspot_shield.exe.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 19 URLs.

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

http://www.grabupdateshare.com/c?x=CcXiRs9dQeFlvVKh/7rIeNcrxvtsPvbO/p0e7B6/y6M=&c=GWJGe5 kY6tuZS1ZdnJym4nbG9C v8tfBWThwqd9dHaF2aHukBDZc lvVRKAbibtBvNf0Q7trezvlZjY2XwjzXzUDrZkoF3E46IF0mtSdeMoljsBMGQtxynRH27IV3Uf&downloadAs=Hotspot Shield Downloader - JalanTikus.exe&fallback_url=http://files.jalantikus.com/dde/833/.../HSS-701.exe

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

http://www.giftpresentsign.com/c?x=euJfmm5sIoqaUN/ho8Ju7JRPddMis3awvtDdPAEQ5nM=&c=3x7uW TAMNkRjHFbW8bS1CBp64DOhNP9x/a30Y6C nVwWJlrjkMKHDQh5Gn1lYx5YE7E5WrSULjiywBVCboacPpXZRMbdJQIYZKaHCGsq1BnNHL35bHEwOd3fVM vcn ZNfwnerK55ToaEj/gwwsJA==&downloadAs=Hotspot Shield Downloader - JalanTikus.exe&fallback_url=http://files.jalantikus.com/dde/833/.../HSS-701.exe

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

http://www.grabupdateshare.com/c?x=zRDESuhjT tK/M1Y 3B0H5COlH2doU7ZOlXXtTBqQis=&c=9uNT9DYxlIF/aepgE/9Xz3kYcniPmjumgWGsjxKrp31 coksQhLK9zfdMWchm33KlO/ZEcL6zkmvUcBw9MyUl1eCR8PjeHmTkOwc04B1LvwLQAM9P21W3ijX/Kt6iGGl78gvaaSvFaCmW583Im9/5Q==&e=0&downloadAs=Hotspot Shield Downloader - JalanTikus.exe&fallback_url=http://files.jalantikus.com/dde/833/.../HSS-701.exe

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

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-701.exe

http://dl.softexter.com/.../HSS-5.2.3-install-plain-701-plain.exe

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