hss-5.0.2-install-plain-773-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-773-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.google.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.0.2.9347

MD5:
699cc923b375b0dada38ad3418cb71e7

SHA-1:
e7704d445cf30d6faee7c8c1107498a31cbb3df8

SHA-256:
e9037b1a80ef3031ab887e2196c725f196929fedcc49e0a77917541b3201ba97

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 12:34:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13.1 MB (13,697,176 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.2.9347

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.0.2-install-plain-773-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/20/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/13/2016 7:59:59 PM

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 2:19:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:/UYU4egLmWqJ71FoNJySHnlJHORF4JY5ng:/x1qJ7bopHnrHOqgg

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-773-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 13 URLs.

https://www.google.com/url?hl=fa&q=https://.../HSS-5.0.2-Filtershekanha_com.exe

https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B6necyk2bQXANVVfbE9BUU5nQ2M&export=download

https://dl-mail.ymail.com/ws/download/mailboxes/@.id==VjJ-Vu9dQmMqCRy_aK5KnGzeCPOXHwewtPhut-da3rXzYJQCm1hjd_NRoyAzqYM45QW0/messages/@.id==ABl3w0MAQP3VWD_3Lgd9-GpBiAs/content/parts/@.id==2/raw?appid=YahooMailNeo&token=zitEzqOML3j84e6ealFTT5U7-km5qEQF52lp7AcCuBYa_1um92vugWpaviO_C6Lqn0raPF90nH7_ptwH-7H6FxyOj0E7HQNICMMkxuQpXzsaXYsR4RvwvgV3QYEmzl84&error=https://mg.mail.yahoo.com/.../iframemsg?id=4a1745fe-2c8f-9f7a-22b7-7b228e76121e&ymreqid=2d2b4179-9d0f-b551-013d-ff000f010000

http://113.171.224.176/.../HSS-773.exe

http://opload.ir/downf-2846399fe6a61-exe.html

https://www.dropbox.com/s/.../HSS-5.0.2-install-plain-773-plain.exe

https://opizo.com/link/redirect/.../50ea48427f52e26563dad8d5df2c6a1c

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