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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-4.18.3-install-plain-701-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 www.filehorse.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
4.18.3.9282

MD5:
26a24244990efa9b4a9e69f232920c57

SHA-1:
43bab5a497ec7b4e0f6f5a79424cc815e01a2e2a

SHA-256:
2fbc7c7145ed702a37ff39fc86a1d1638f8b5ea86ad80fcfc1903e995ec20f9d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 10:32:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13.8 MB (14,421,472 bytes)

Product version:
4.18.3.9282

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\hss-4.18.3-install-plain-701-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 12:59:59 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:
2/24/2012 7:19:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:pnVXOYIO/IUj0nQx2DyX/NRaP/cmJySPHnlN5NRQ94pmlU+LIdf45XKJtlFsBLJ:pnVZwUgnC2xcmJySHnlJ694ndg5XusT

Entry address:
0x3899

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, 68, 92, 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, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, D8, 16, 7F, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, F0, 15, 7F, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, 92, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 92, 40, 00, 68, E0, 95, 7E, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 20, 84, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file hss-4.18.3-install-plain-701-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://www.filehorse.com/download/file/.../

http://fs33.filehippo.com/8885/.../HSS-701.exe

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://ad-file.com/download/6V9rWfKRg/.../HSS-4.18.3-install-plain-701-plain.exe

http://www.filehorse.com/download/file/.../

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-701.exe

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