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hss-5.0.2-install-plain-766-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-5.0.2-install-plain-766-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.bitstagcontent.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.0.2.9347

MD5:
e81c953898eaa959f9045d2a5235e127

SHA-1:
f3a30bf7d24dc8512cad131b5482dfd8ccc6909c

SHA-256:
27b32b072d90e1a44ec991dd264d99628326fc112b0ae80e3f7e26a20d86046c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 1:19:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13.1 MB (13,697,208 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.2.9347

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\152e221a8bef8d2d13c58f995563a1a1\47c0f421415f14f8d862257a52076ab2\hss-5.0.2-install-plain-766-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 1:59:59 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 8:19:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:rYU4egLmWqJ71FoNJySHnlJHORF4JY5nd:61qJ7bopHnrHOqgd

Entry address:
0x3899

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file hss-5.0.2-install-plain-766-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 26 URLs.

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https://tmpfile10533.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/3494/.../hotspot-shield.exe

http://download-1.com/softwares/.../HotspotShield_v2.90.exe

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https://tmpfile6167.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/38184/.../hotspot-shield.exe

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https://tmpfile4639.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/37026/.../hotspot-shield.exe

https://tmpfile4810.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/6238/.../hotspot-shield.exe

http://downloadam.com/softwares/.../HotspotShield_v2.90.exe

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https://tmpfile3725.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/15599/.../hotspot-shield.exe

https://tmpfile3417.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/58272/.../hotspot-shield.exe

https://tmpfile1020.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/164/.../hotspot-shield.exe

https://tmpfile1269.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/164/.../hotspot-shield.exe

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https://tmpfile1056.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/164/.../hotspot-shield.exe

https://tmpfile345.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/467/.../hotspot-shield.exe

http://dl.cdn.chip.de/downloads/.../HSS-5.0.2-install-plain-766-plain.exe

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