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hss-1.56-install-anchorfree-244-ask4.exe

The application hss-1.56-install-anchorfree-244-ask4.exe 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.flootr.net.
MD5:
70b2a078e3c2f32698aeb0f28f2d3eb3

SHA-1:
a61271959a28697a8ec746c50d75cc22cb3856b4

SHA-256:
3185627c80c96b72421345bffa7b581e4df76e4ecd5e2fa26c5b893bb749c0d2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 8:32:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.HSS.Installer.Meta (M)
16.7.12.16

File size:
4.6 MB (4,853,978 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-1.56-install-anchorfree-244-ask4.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 4:22:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:GinwRogK0g6wn8xQySdkow8nlR5yer3SngueBF3+KXEQ3WcWq3pJUmyetc:GvdKuwpySPHnlR5yYYgug3dXEQ3PX3pC

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:
7.9956

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-1.56-install-anchorfree-244-ask4.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.flootr.net/.../HSS-1.56-install-anchorfree-244-ask4.exe

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