» hss-3.32-install-hss-409-conduit.exe
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hss-3.32-install-hss-409-conduit.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 installer includes a bundle of various unwanted software including the Conduit web extension and Search Protect which will modify the browser's search pages. The application hss-3.32-install-hss-409-conduit.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.

File name:

Publisher:

AnchorFree Inc (signed and verified)

Product:

Hotspot Shield

Version:

3.32.0.22841

MD5:

c7e64678bb96958aa65943afde6553c2

SHA-1:

28db9ccb173e8334106ce4585ef54bac69e9a2ce

SHA-256:

cf52d6e0ca5bdf744df66071887801ce2c4d746d8f663f2946c7e999a2ad4917

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

11/5/2024 3:18:23 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.AnchorFree.Bundler.Meta (L)

16.6.10.9

File size:

8.6 MB (8,983,168 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

HotspotShield

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-3.32-install-hss-409-conduit.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:QaHY1iPY25H5T+dOIFvsnx7J1JySPHnlN5NRbRlnhNGqlgvcaIqe:QEYGY25HEOWvsj1JySHnlJNRmJIh

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:

7.9973 (probably packed)

Code size:

25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-3.32-install-hss-409-conduit.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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=920149518&afhss=hss266&cnl=HSSCNL000263

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

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