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hss-3.42-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-3.42-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:

3.42.0.25251

MD5:

f7333383a6929bf53398de430c55e8e3

SHA-1:

aeadc3f071509dfd665639945df40e93e150d40c

SHA-256:

59a7ad29cd0aa08d51334b489efbc68e0e3d307b692bd32e56130b279dca6293

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Description:

This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

11/5/2024 3:37:42 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.AnchorFree.Bundler.Meta (L)

16.6.10.9

File size:

7.7 MB (8,052,240 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

HotspotShield (using Nullsoft Install System)

Digital Signature

Signed by:

AnchorFree Inc

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/4/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/27/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=AnchorFree Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AnchorFree Inc, L=Mountain View, 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:

33AB2385DD942A55035128EE9EA2B63E

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:cjh25H5yDycvZTutMBySPHnlRH45IVnFQDigQ5:cd25Hi9cmySHnl9lnI3Q5

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:

7.9970

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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