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hss-5.0.4-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-5.0.4-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.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.0.4.9402

MD5:
1c9b0f9a0cd8c122cc90315865ed41c6

SHA-1:
a2da486262a6cfb371b92a44b63cbb57353df302

SHA-256:
c4f38f5a63237afd7304b771da508f8a2300055c6dafac0d8dca43b9f26bac28

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:00:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree (L)
17.3.15.16

File size:
13.3 MB (13,897,440 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.4.9402

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 4:29:59 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 10:49:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

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)

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