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hss-5.1.3-install-plain-713-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-5.1.3-install-plain-713-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 pf.benjaminstrahs.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.1.3.9460

MD5:
32fee5697bde0756f968dbbc3b27c7f5

SHA-1:
c10b00526b8b110fc373f9c46795bddce3040fca

SHA-256:
4cc20d239749b2802e3ed43e1302337174c90ada27979b49fb4163e7d0e38e5f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 10:34:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.21.18

File size:
13.6 MB (14,213,696 bytes)

Product version:
5.1.3.9460

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.1.3-install-plain-713-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/20/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/13/2016 8:59:59 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 4:19:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:p4qbH1V2oVBJySHnlJ++S8s6MaIodY97xNJ:p4E1V2oV1HnrxLsXiYtJ

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:
7.9953

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file hss-5.1.3-install-plain-713-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 10 URLs.

http://pf.benjaminstrahs.com/s/1453745525/en/8/.../84579-1808583-hotspot-shield.exe

http://www.appsfarmtowers.com/WVl6OTRQVFp4T1ZsVWREaHNOeVV5UW1sSE5scGtabUlsTWtZNFlrUTJNRFpRV1ZSQlVHRklhbEpvVXpZeFpYVTRVRU5CSlRORUptTTlTVko2WTJST2NXNTJWRFlsTWtaQ2IxTmpTMnBsZDFOd1RVcG1NMUY2V0cxdGNXNWxZWFp6VGtveFEzSXdkRVZMVVhFNFlUZHZUVmd5TTJSV1UzUk5jMFZuYmpjNWRFdHlTSFkzVms5VUpUSkNRVkI0UjJGamRsRlVOREUwVEZWRU9HcFBlR1pvY0VwbE0ybDBXa0kzUWxwSU5HMXFVRWRaYkVoTE9VdFBNVkUwVjBjd05WcFhVbW9sTWtKclNWaEVlR0ZOZFZaM1NVMVZPV2xSSlRORUpUTkVKbVJ2ZDI1c2IyRmtRWE05YUc5MGMzQnZkQzF6YUdsbGJHUXROUzR4TGpNdVpYaGxKbVpoYkd4aVlXTnJYM1Z5YkQxb2RIUndKVE5CSlRKR0pUSkdjR1l1WW1WdWFtRnRhVzV6ZEhKaGFITXVZMjl0SlRKR2N5VXlSakUwTlRFek9USTVNRFlsTWtabGJpVXlSamdsTWtZMEpUSkdPRFExTnprdE1UZ3dPRFU0TXkxb2IzUnpjRzkwTFhOb2FXVnNaQzVsZUdVPQ==

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-713.exeundefined

https://www.dropbox.com/s/.../Hotspot.exe

temp:hotspot-shield-5.1.3 [1].exe

http://www.installsourcedata.com/c?x=xm EA9TtDCsjHWyKAgesI356KIZwgiXucGPkCYO8HeE=&c=rezTnNHBGNac6oXf/Q XGNLOqUR5IsDRIz6nt/Q4DWg0ZWAthULqssIWLh 6e/sNsj2oQgbvTJxDdoa7T4KtrFFai21TPoh3miQPBEZejlw=&downloadAs=hotspot-shield-5.1.3.exe&fallback_url=http://pf.benjaminstrahs.com/s/1453089905/en/8/.../84579-1808583-hotspot-shield.exe

http://www.tagheadworld.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

http://pf.benjaminstrahs.com/s/1453666939/en/8/.../84579-1808583-hotspot-shield.exe

http://pf.benjaminstrahs.com/s/1453408347/en/8/.../84579-1808583-hotspot-shield.exe

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-713.exe

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