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hss-3.37-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-3.37-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:

3.37.0.23940

MD5:

f1c04a58639e8906c785473f02af2277

SHA-1:

cf42996057106b25b1fa8017f43347747c99b845

SHA-256:

543418213bc862a688069dc42e92d1ff39fb0f84345fcb17d392f226fa8ae067

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 9:57:50 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.AnchorFree.Bundler.Meta (L)

16.6.10.9

File size:

8.7 MB (9,092,072 bytes)

Product version:

3.37.0.23940

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

HotspotShield (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-3.37-install-hss-409-conduit.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

AnchorFree Inc

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/27/2011 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/13/2014 5:59:59 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 7:22:54 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

196608:OjHNj25H5VcmWBLxDSNsJySPHnlN5NRWSnnUeEaDtuthfTQ54T:OjHZ25HrcmWBLxDhJySHnlJYSUnaYtuQ

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9973

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-3.37-install-hss-409-conduit.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 28 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=HSSHIELD00LY&sip=184420353&afhss=hss165&cnl=HSSCNL000076

http://download699.mediafire.com/ygga5ax8efkg/.../HSS-3.37-install-hss.exe

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-2.76-install-anchorfree-247-conduit3.exe

http://www.commentcamarche.net/download/.../telecharger-34061035-hotspot-shield

http://mydati.com/download/.../DM-448.exe

http://fs40.filehippo.com/1301/.../HSS-3.37-install-hss.exe

http://www.filehippo.com/pl/download/file/.../

http://fs34.filehippo.com/6705/.../HSS-3.37-install-hss.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../hss-win2/HSS-2.75-install-anchorfree-393-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-3.13-install-elite-395-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-2.88-install-tamindir-390-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-2.78-install-a-393-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-2.77-install-anchorfree-471-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-elite-449-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-2.90-install-anchorfree-395-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-2.87-install-p104-366-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-3.09-install-download-80-conduit.exe

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

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-2.67-install-anchorfree-393-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-2.67-install-anchorfree-244-ask4.exe

http://hotspotshield.com/hotspot-shield-download.php?&type=na

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://mydati.com/download/.../hotspotshield-setup_540.exe

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