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hss-3.35-install-e-550-plain.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 application hss-3.35-install-e-550-plain.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dw.ar.uptodown.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.35.0.23717

MD5:
9cf87ce601810ab3947490aed2a74235

SHA-1:
b16a6f02a8ae49a7e94935672078be5289263c52

SHA-256:
5c1162417cb9cf8b62f92cd79fe3948dfc32d0326438570e7b980cbc389a499f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 6:51:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
8.4 MB (8,787,576 bytes)

Product version:
3.35.0.23717

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-3.35-install-e-550-plain.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://bPfRep25H5RTciKoJySPHnlN5NRJbSgQinUzoK4jjcxR7Wu://bJep25HzgiNJySHnlJjbS5cjWP

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:
7.9972

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-3.35-install-e-550-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 13 URLs.

http://dw.ar.uptodown.com/dl/1432108374/.../hotspot-shield-3-35-en-fr-cn-ar-win.exe

http://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/e4FuSPQsphtif0rDCibWBO3YFT-i8anM6O7fJ5pRavKb50hfp3ELWlcs_ZZP6M4f9yxPxYdMGeUze8MJfcoKW9NatgAnRtYMgzrk2yQ3RC4hFepWpUX6GnHv4uGeLT7l/.../

http://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/5H-f5OZncSHAecjsRURqrxjfbtJ9hTkTvj0FOiQ2zT3CH32BFjq4bIAa5SrLbUK2N7JjnAAbBSz7pKPVwtnZnFg9YNCq6ftQKvk5349FpOKY3UXptu81mOZqQyT6Hq2f/.../

http://dw9.uptodown.com/dl/1417393392/.../hotspot-shield-3-35-en-fr-cn-ar-win.exe

temp:hotspot-shield-3-35-en-fr-cn-ar-win.exe

http://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/bBR7T9YNCtPhQ732u521jmc3z2h4KK7b4HkAKwZ6GYNutjvwCGomr3FD4zc1ZDaBj5DTVvUWemJyKzYL9rY8ut6-Lto5Kg-mKJEJ1g4JcReN7Wlir88iTG24QfxQgar1/Bu1mw7rkWosPN4FmB22EbmfWD5PmnX-zZDZKFtge1yLOYNdzzn7CloxCeQ60rZOwTyYWjWUAfHNC2DwroBnM7NwNkuwnHjL9B0UCwWDYLJ_Tk3YEppkdcxmHVMNeIV3f/.../

http://dw3.uptodown.com/dwn/QYjEHuuT0HC44qQjOWNYL34VWOZFzcyTKBtAwOkfZxlMwup_R-QFtBp70IC4k-WPLwvy-P8RRtznj9ZOA1V3zJ6MFq6KvC6bjA-BZUubE9QO4Gd5UN2MNJeu9s1pGQY2/.../hotspot-shield-3-35-en-fr-cn-ar-win.exe

http://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/uPLHIJnB9rzE_c_ohz96k9wE9zTWbhTl6meqOtSh-c7ELonlLJ7rHwrKkS1zPvRq1cB6J1okIBWrBqi3G86AiOyDRKZ0kTMAUGQJyXecGwLWZeYZGnyo-S49z2OySKJA/Hk1umHdwEgpBQGxNABf7aOxj5Vc68NBrKl_FRnWaGmFuNi5sstN-_5Lj6qOir8T0UifVkazOfAJ83oYQz1auH8sb5KRNQOrnzdJry-m9sEoYJGuuYEBlOEnHAyMGUHL0/.../

http://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/QFmE0iHweTcNbJ5lPLSNE05qePwFklV6-RwEgwnhjW9cJ4Mv2rc00_nNfDJDd871xDkNAwMCUJNe1MpnZyvJlnBj327F07XWyNoB4WJCEouNRuh66XM0zXJ94BRtwQAK/.../

http://dw.cn.uptodown.com/dl/1447400999/.../hotspot-shield-3-35-en-fr-cn-ar-win.exe

http://dw.ar.uptodown.com/dl/1447315891/.../hotspot-shield-3-35-en-fr-cn-ar-win.exe

http://installm.net/bestsoftware/proof/hotspot-shield-3.32.exe/.../download.htm?EsetProtoscanCtx=8de1920

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-install-e-550-plain.exe

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