hss-4.15.3-install-e-562-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-4.15.3-install-e-562-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 hotspotshield.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
4.15.3.9146

MD5:
557f97029167d536cb1b002674d95300

SHA-1:
3d9e7dd4bc8a94f4ab48cb2bb24991fade44fe9f

SHA-256:
e4afedadeb6416e63cba910c7ad02be69cba3598621a7dd5066260de583938a8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 3:15:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
9.7 MB (10,216,008 bytes)

Product version:
4.15.3.9146

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AnchorFree Inc, O=AnchorFree Inc, L=Menlo Park, 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:
3DAA06F4E8BE7B2AE8FC57BA8578B7D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 5:22:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:tCUO+z54o2Ncb14o/BE2tJySPHnlN5NR4JiyLA/fXgk07oia2/DHKe2U:ta+NiNcJ4o53JySHnlJaiGNbokDHEU

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:
7.9951

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-4.15.3-install-e-562-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 11 URLs.

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

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-688.exe

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

http://68.68.107.110/download/.../76.exe

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