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hss-3.37-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-3.37-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 62.75.167.207 and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address 74-115-2-210.anchorfree.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.37.0.23940

MD5:
58614d50430406df68bb0ee4d946ede5

SHA-1:
2f42304be828424fe748c42b0cbaecea380c2f92

SHA-256:
3413035d584e36d58d7113866ca5ea9518b38a5a707871954b1ee40dbbced895

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/25/2024 9:27:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
8.4 MB (8,826,952 bytes)

Product version:
3.37.0.23940

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-3.37-install-e-550-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/28/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/14/2014 1:59:59 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 3:22:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:8VHNj25H5VlmWBLxDSNsJySPHnlN5NRWSnnUeEaDtuthfTQ7f:8VHZ25HrlmWBLxDhJySHnlJYSUnaYtu7

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-3.37-install-e-550-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 12 URLs.

http://62.75.167.207/.../HSS_3.37_Setup.exe

https://files.downv.com/get_download.php?id=100060645&time=1476359491&md5=e86ea7f8870baa1a54b3894374ba0cf6

http://62.75.197.174/.../HSS_3.37_Setup.exe

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

temp:HSS-install-e-550-plain.exe

temp:Getintopc.comHSS_3.37_Setup.exe

https://www.dropbox.com/s/.../HSS-3.37-install-e-550-plain.exe

http://85.25.74.201/.../HSS_3.37_Setup.exe

&onid=2144&oid=3001-2144_4-75609924&rsid=cbsidownloadcomsite&sl=en&sc=us&topicguid=security/privacy&topicbrcrm=windows software&pid=13682907&mfgid=6287710&merid=6287710&ctype=dm&cval=NONE&devicetype=desktop&pguid=5ae9944552a374f3e7499f08&viewguid=Q@shmxDruSmenbbNJRoWqAqVtwp2y0fdOamH&destUrl=http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/68/29/.../HSS-3.37-install-e-550-plain.exe

http://mirror.warer.com/windows/apps/hotspot-shield/.../hotspot-shield.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/68/29/.../HSS-3.37-install-e-550-plain.exe

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

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 74-115-2-220.anchorfree.com  (74.115.2.220:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 74-115-2-210.anchorfree.com  (74.115.2.210:80)

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