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hss-2.74-install-anchorfree-247-conduit3.exe

The application hss-2.74-install-anchorfree-247-conduit3.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 en.kioskea.net.
MD5:
1c48012d6de05784cc0329782203fae8

SHA-1:
bb3fdb2cc464429e4c6f946bc08c3da39675fac7

SHA-256:
83dcf6b91f6fb659fc31bd7d828716cdd339fab518c35a6e8ee92b66a4c7f321

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 11:55:05 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.HSS.Installer (M)
16.7.27.11

File size:
560.7 KB (574,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-2.74-install-anchorfree-247-conduit3.exe

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):
12288:xtCVIOjcUX7V+Zq41QY485/fw8uXZNIn/rTHx7IGi1DxUpyazMCCv1N0V:xtCVrjBCxQJ85/fVuXHc/rTRkLxP867e

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:
7.9028

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-2.74-install-anchorfree-247-conduit3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://en.kioskea.net/download/.../download-4666-hotspot-shield

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