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Wizard

International Data Group Poland S.A.

The application hotspot_shield_6.5.2.exe, “Wizard Setup ” by International Data Group Poland S.A has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. While running, it connects to the Internet address 199-255-210-51.anchorfree.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
International Data Group Poland S.A.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Description:
Wizard Setup

Version:
1.8.1.5

MD5:
8758b8a1ab70dbb9cc4a7ed2703632fc

SHA-1:
50078e77489a3251a1da9a06e2f1683967fbeaac

SHA-256:
a2f372f3b9554c10a56b3365395756ea79f02a574686295a62092c7fbb6cd6a5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 7:36:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.9.9

File size:
1.8 MB (1,891,136 bytes)

Product version:
1.5.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hotspot_shield_6.5.2.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
International Data Group Poland S.A.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
8/30/2016 3:21:17 AM

Valid to:
8/31/2017 3:21:17 AM

Subject:
CN=International Data Group Poland S.A., O=International Data Group Poland S.A., L=Warszawa, C=PL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
64A80379DAA3514FAED45E16

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 12:58:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9621

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 199-255-210-51.anchorfree.com  (199.255.210.51:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.anchorfree.com  (74.115.4.114:80)

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