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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-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-elite.softonic.com.br and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.1.3.9460

MD5:
da552e1c63bab2b2eb0c8f3b121092ff

SHA-1:
0ab1ca2ed01a692aaf544227282c0ad4707534ef

SHA-256:
77ee250988da98abdb57e9125fb172d85e4c67659c34bbb1e74cfd72a75e069e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 1:37:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13.6 MB (14,213,704 bytes)

Product version:
5.1.3.9460

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\hss-5.1.3-install-plain-772-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 2:59:59 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:
2/24/2012 10:19:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:f4qbH1V2oVBJySHnlJ++S8s6MaIodY97xNH:f4E1V2oV1HnrxLsXiYtH

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-772-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 45 URLs.

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http://hotspot-shield.tr.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaGPp5yjlpo=

https://hotspot-shield-elite.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=8yS3 KGEYLiw7GKMHzA/trmsvRChbxdrflJq3ZIylWuV6QhjPidjBV9gIES5oCMgaA TR oEQDWH9wY08hauhu04 QRqhRL5s2WSFR27SntqbCS vrs0HhJk6UFX aZc8s92QbpyTFipuHmN5FeE1nAOeX2t3E6KZS4CYYn9/3wzuXC35jPmjXMxDHi /.../w==

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaGOn6Kik50=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaCPn6Wil5s=

http://hotspot-shield.ro.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaCPoZ6ilJk=

http://hotspot-shield-elite.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=8yS3 KGEYLiw7GKMHzA/trmsvRChbxdrflJq3ZIylWuV6QhjPidjBV9gIES5oCMgaA TR oEQDWH9wY08hauhu04 QRqhRL5s2WSFR27SntqbCS vrs0HhJk6UFX aZc8s92QbpyTFipuHmN5FeE1nAOeX2t3E6KZS4CYYn9/3wzuXC35jPmjXMxDHi /.../w==

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaGJnp-nl5U=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaCOp5-ilZc=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaKHo5-kmZc=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaKIoqCjk5s=

http://hotspot-shield.id.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaGHpZ6hl5k=

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaGOpKWnl5s=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaGNn6OhkpU=

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

http://hotspot-shield.fr.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=1/6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAN8EJnRARyiInv YnRfFE/k9JrfYo4GPZSyJb6LUPBvFRalC6YhnuRZwAXjRg3I aGtmjfEzlaRmqDx4AkL7JgRBqgxHwHNI0qwRS09PqpoKVYKruvA1 Ov8FxzNZ80/.../L18qbm2b8wRRrRWD2RzKpHUJBfANwZ0wzfIpO3t1A==

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaGJopyjkZ0=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaCPpaGil5g=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaKJop2mmZw=

http://hotspot-shield-elite.ar.softonic.com/start-download/.../35ae50c381b2ecd30f58e42ff1ef7ab4

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaCMp5yokpo=

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

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

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

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

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaGPo52flZ0=

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmaGNp6KhlJs=

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

Latest 30 of 45 download URLs

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