hss-3.42-install-plain-714-plain.exe

Hotspot Shield

The application hss-3.42-install-plain-714-plain.exe 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from mydati.com.
Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.42.0.27546

MD5:
0f3e430c34565560d7213a43d052a39b

SHA-1:
c8d59290972406ed73d02bb020fc739b9e0a70ec

SHA-256:
5ae8a6cbbf796387377a35e6a13357a1b619caf8131356746236c883a8e73dbf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 7:41:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.HSS.Installer.Meta (M)
16.8.7.9

File size:
5.3 MB (5,609,117 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-3.42-install-plain-714-plain.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 5:52:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:DmhxpplViW25HIaKSVuaRmtLdXuO5tTp2ARmW9iyTMAWjtM1rySdkow8nl6:DKR25H5QDJcryTutMBySPHnl6

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:
7.9956

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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