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hss-5.2.1-install-plain-562-nova.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-5.2.1-install-plain-562-nova.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 mydati.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.2.1.9543

MD5:
62c6ab4ed49c642d14141641a520e895

SHA-1:
13d3abcc9d32db67d0457d4c933c1f70ea9e67d7

SHA-256:
ed441ab2a1a479bc77e41c2a95fa0833d02276d9730be152392bb78840979d6b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 6:44:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.10.9

File size:
12.8 MB (13,427,600 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.1.9543

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\hss-5.2.1-install-plain-562-nova.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
6/14/2016 3:59:59 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:
12/27/2015 10:25:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:Mvfy7/yMU9bNU/dEJySHnlJ15xvwJ7I1FwkJC:77KMUN0qHnruJ+pM

Entry address:
0x327D

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 55, 56, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 00, A3, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 18, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 80, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 55, E8, 51, 31, 00, 00, 3B, C5, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 53, 57, 68, F4, A2, 40, 00, E8, CE, 30, 00, 00, 68, EC, A2, 40, 00, E8, C4, 30, 00, 00, 68, E0, A2, 40, 00, E8, BA, 30, 00, 00, 6A, 09, E8, 1F, 31, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 18, 31, 00, 00, A3, 44, 8A, 7A, 00, FF, 15, 44, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9961  (probably packed)

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file hss-5.2.1-install-plain-562-nova.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 21 URLs.

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-install-elite-395-conduit.exe

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://hotspotshield.com/hotspot-shield-download.php?&type=na

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-2.74-install-download-394-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-3.09-install-download-80-conduit.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-1.44-install-webroot-239-conduit2.exe

http://www.scanwith.com/download_soft.php?d=f1c959dce8f0dd53de0889ba17f3da48&s=848&f=Hotspot_Shield.htm

http://68.68.107.111/download/.../HSS-232.exe

http://www.lo4d.com/get-file/hotspot-shield/.../

http://mydati.com//download/.../

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-2.25-install-anchorfree-232-expatshield.exe

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-1.37-install-anchorfree-76-conduit.exe

http://getfreevpn.com/download/.../HSS-5.2.1-install-plain-562-nova.exe

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