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hss-3.42-install-plain-716-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-3.42-install-plain-716-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 hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address 74-115-2-220.anchorfree.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.42.0.27546

MD5:
079c2605019b56a64e939d2a9abd8018

SHA-1:
46e505e06cc8269da29ba2aba1a922367b7f4d67

SHA-256:
49cd836745377a38eec35d81277d7a87023888bd739ee84b57a21500bb857883

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/17/2024 11:44:15 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.29.9

File size:
7.4 MB (7,774,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-3.42-install-plain-716-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/4/2014 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 4:59:59 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 6:22:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:CNR25H5QDJcryTutMBySPHnlRQz2SqnFDD:Cn25HXccmySHnl6jqnFD

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:
7.9968

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-3.42-install-plain-716-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6SHn6Snk5Y=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6SQoJ6fkpo=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKGHpqGmlZk=

http://hotspot-shield.tr.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6iJoaCnmpw=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6CJp5-kkZc=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKGQnp2klp0=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6iKoJ-gk5s=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmJ-Pn56jlZY=

http://cdn.completeappuniverse.com/c?x=L1LhFMVEw4DfQlLOzSLuRjSPGRjLQcxsENldCCu7Ce4=&c=KdeeRC5iyz0r4/jON kkokUjCUXlUuAwqNx0fel0yHMFHwlKiQ2X0cUrsaE0v2EE2vQb8VfvhLHHRfGRLKy01kXD7/l8ytkgKFl8bgVrdxY=&fallback_url=https://secure.inndl.com/.../hotspot-shield.exe

blob:http://sd-web.softonic.com/ff327497-546e-4071-86da-9f8a2c04f463

http://hotspot-shield.id.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6SHpKKhlps=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKOKp56hlZc=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKCHpKGik5Q=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl5-PnqGnmpk=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-flqOPpaShlpY=

http://hotspot-shield.tr.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKGHnpyjmJ0=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6OJp6SjlZ0=

http://my.downfiles.net/46e/505/.../HSS-3.42-install-plain-716-plain.exe

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-flqSHo6GlkZw=

https://sur.ly/.../twttreng/HSS-3.42-install-plain-716-plain.exe&forceHttps=0

http://download1581.mediafire.com/l0zrmddrcjng/.../fre-gg HACK.exe

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6iLpp2omZk=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKOJnqClmJ0=

http://cdn.completeappuniverse.com/c?x=/SAk ndGakjUE4bZjb2WcaARD8DZiEu2pCXJuCELMCw=&c=NhNNuvpSG0EmrE59AT3IL4Yn6GGqRVBXgXa23NJSprrzs7cwyf7WnzWFoS/hV3fURAL26NIo8oaBTNtU8l7IP6PRqezmJG88v5uzihkp7sBUjaKLi9vkReg5CiI9aj2N&fallback_url=https://secure.inndl.com/.../hotspot-shield.exe

http://hotspot-shield.tr.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6aNpaGmkZQ=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmJ-Ip5yklpk=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKOHpKKjlpk=

http://cdn.forumerfilesdownload.com/c?x=c4KAFv8aUPYe2p4R ftG1FSk2WufCGxJtkBsPnx1T48=&c=sr8 wqUDn92eY51YJcN9Xz/67u7wmkILDi3dGYfTEC6F6yEU52KbalUzeRBeSviv1dXdgvBqBvnWlDsaLDxcelYCLkGnJF6fuKCpioy2 o=&fallback_url=https://secure.inndl.com/.../hotspot-shield.exe

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmJ-HoaGfmpU=

http://hotspot-shield.tr.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKKMop-hlZo=

Latest 30 of 94 download URLs

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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