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hss-3.42-install-plain-724-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-724-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 customer44439.musvc2.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.42.0.27546

MD5:
40aad527b3ac6ee0935f1e24f7d984e9

SHA-1:
8ddc86cb7548671ae4eaa794b707d777d935bcd5

SHA-256:
f39eae49fa44da02028c73a7cbd4774717bfeb775a2fc08a9cd804a102c2a652

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 9:06:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
7.4 MB (7,774,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\hss-3.42-install-plain-724-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/4/2014 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 4:29:59 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 5:52:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:XLR25H5QDJcryTutMBySPHnlRQz2SqnFDB:Xl25HXccmySHnl6jqnFB

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-724-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://customer44439.musvc2.net/.../t?q=A=KXDaP&F=A&L=NaJ&M=PYBfHWB&S=yN4N0_La1g_Wk_PhwZ_Zw_La1g_VpQJ.5w9GIx9DM.mM4_La1g_VpRDN4PvHq_PhwZ_Zwlc1-J.XB-G5M493F-z9r5kJrCx-eIX-zJrCx.CE9&n=KBM6AI.HoR

http://customer44439.musvc2.net/.../t?q=v=XVCLc&D=0&7=aYI&8=bXFKbTI&D=BL39M_JZlt_Uj_AuuY_K0_JZlt_ToBW.3vtTGwtQK.l8G_JZlt_ToCQL3A9Fp_AuuY_K0jbl-W.VA-2HK3tFD-yt53j55Aw-PVV-y55Aw.xR7&m=6OK5vV.FnC

http://customer44439.musvc2.net/.../t?q=p=MQSFR&9=P&1=PTY&2=QUUJLRY&8=1GI3B_Epfi_Pz_5jpo_Ey_Epfi_O56L.xBnIBCnFF.226_Epfi_O57FGI5xA6_5jpo_Eyerf-L.QQ-v7FIn59-Entxzyt6C-JKQ-Eyt6C.rG2&3=zDFKpK.A47

https://s3.amazonaws.com/.../HSS-3.42-install-plain-724-plain.exe

http://customer44439.musvc2.net/.../t?q=3=IWASN&E=8&D=LZG&E=NY0WITF&K=wM1F8_KXse_Vh_HfvW_Ru_KXse_UmIH.4t1EHu1BL.jE2_KXse_UmJBM1HtGn_HfvW_RukZs-H.W9-93L111E-w1p4hBpBu-WGW-wBpBu.5C8&k=C0L33G.GlJ

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