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hss-5.0.2-install-plain-772-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-772-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.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.0.2.9347

MD5:
10a81dae461b43544a5ace196ad6702c

SHA-1:
7e4dc2d9081815fd33658b9915670ee33a9ca58d

SHA-256:
019a607b7bd9db73bbc4a10f95967613c783c6224414f09c69d2198780a90b01

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 1:26:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13.1 MB (13,697,184 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.2.9347

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\hss-5.0.2-install-plain-772-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
6/14/2016 4:59:59 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:
2/25/2012 12:19:43 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:aYU4egLmWqJ71FoNJySHnlJHORF4JY5nd:L1qJ7bopHnrHOqgd

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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Entropy:
7.9950

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file hss-5.0.2-install-plain-772-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 33 URLs.

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKWJn5yjlpg=

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKWJn52gmJk=

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKOQo56mmpc=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKWJoaCll5s=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKaJpJ2gmpY=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKSNp6Olkpo=

http://hotspot-shield.th.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKSQoJ-hlJg=

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

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

http://hotspot-shield.ru.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKSIpqOhmZo=

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKWPp6GilZk=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKSInpykk5U=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKaIn5ynmZU=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKaJo6SolJY=

http://hotspot-shield.en.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=1/6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAN8EJnRARyiInv YnRfFE/k9JrfYo4GPZSyJb6LUPBvFRalC6YhnuRZwAXjRg3I aGtmjfEzlaRmqDx4AkL7JgRYodr9kenSSfUmrfd/.../L18qbm2b8wRRrRWD2RzKpHUJBfANwZ0wzfIpO3t1A==

http://download2225.mediafire.com/3p77hp27yvig/.../HSS-5.0.2-install-plain-772-plain.exe

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

http://hotspot-shield-elite.en.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=1/6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAN8EJnRARyiInv YnRfFE/k9JrfYo4GPZSyJb6LUPBvFRalC6YhnuRZwAXjRg3I aGtmjfEzlaRmqDx4AkL7JgRYodr9kenSSfUmrfd/.../L18qbm2b8wRRrRWD2RzKpHUJBfANwZ0wzfIpO3t1A==

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKSQoqGnk5o=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKaIp5yikZ0=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKaOpaGgl5g=

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

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKWLpZ6lk5k=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/start-download/.../9342570d2012490ff9a54a1fed0db5b8

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

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