hss-5.2.2-install-hss-805-ext.exe.tmp

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 file hss-5.2.2-install-hss-805-ext.exe.tmp 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:
5.2.2.9547

MD5:
effae9be600130b88386d3e271b784cf

SHA-1:
47822903f5bd99454bae7591edeafd57aef84e42

SHA-256:
5ab02bde6b4c3a572f0cab11d62fd055e01dd34a672138f1feab8b6fa50ef618

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 3:25:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree (L)
17.3.15.0

File size:
13.1 MB (13,704,599 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.2.9547

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.2.2-install-hss-805-ext.exe.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 12:59:59 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

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