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hss-3.32-install-hss-639-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-639-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.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.32.0.22432

MD5:
288843978f55c1e76a0b09433d192fb0

SHA-1:
4099af317e96d01b4fc9d48f2539f78068d940c3

SHA-256:
301b02a146cd1418810767b976013ab35e01de8f4919bed44e4be905e22fd513

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:14:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.Bundler.Meta (L)
16.6.10.9

File size:
8.5 MB (8,874,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
HotspotShield

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-3.32-install-hss-639-conduit.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/28/2011 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/14/2014 2:59:59 AM

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 4:22:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:eDHY1iP725H58+dOIFvsnx7J1JySPHnlN5NRbRlnhNGqlgvcaIf:ezYG725HfOWvsj1JySHnlJNRmJIf

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-639-conduit.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://arabyads.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=20&aff_id=1000&aff_sub=Adfly-ksa-lander5-direct_(304)-ar&url_id=304

http://arabyads.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=20&aff_id=2&aff_sub=Linkbuck-ksa-lander5-direct_(304)-ar&url_id=304

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