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hss-5.0.4-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-5.0.4-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:
5.0.4.9402

MD5:
89fe0aada007f12b0acb4b6165ff3c18

SHA-1:
33b3c92414610fbb76916fa62fa039c18cc16652

SHA-256:
4a2e6499325aee4d9be1b078a08d32a5a556123e46f60f736728095c79bc148f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/17/2024 11:36:49 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13.3 MB (13,897,432 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.4.9402

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.0.4-install-plain-772-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 8:59:59 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 4:19:43 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:yrGwm3b5/peKf9++CJySHnlJkomcus+wdy:Am31pQ+AHnrkoMs6

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:
7.9952

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file hss-5.0.4-install-plain-772-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 47 URLs.

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmZ-Qn5ynk5o=

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKeJoZ6llZk=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmZ-Qp5ymlps=

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmZ-Mn6WkmZQ=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKiOp52mkZc=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmZ-Qp6Ojl5g=

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

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKaQo6GhkZc=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKeKp56jmJY=

http://m.en.softonic.com/app/hotspot-shield/.../launch

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

temp:HSS-5.0.4-install-plain-772-plain.exe

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmZ-Mop2okpw=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmZ-Qpp6fmZQ=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKeJo6Cfkps=

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmZ-Hp5-mkZ0=

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

http://hotspot-shield.tr.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKiIoKKnl5c=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKiPpKOnk5o=

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

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

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

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

http://hotspot-shield.id.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKeMop6kmZ0=

http://hotspot-shield.ro.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmKeIpqKhlpQ=

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

Latest 30 of 47 download URLs

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