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hss-5.2.3-install-hss-801-ext.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-5.2.3-install-hss-801-ext.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 mega.nz and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.2.3.9557

MD5:
7d2b3eab3ad7830f9256ee22cf3cb017

SHA-1:
162d871e8b1b8e9ef6f77020c596546e8280111f

SHA-256:
b938e67430a1952bdf93bb374019fc0a3b88f7f467337167077db16454e39905

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 3:26:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13 MB (13,674,416 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.3.9557

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.2.3-install-hss-801-ext.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/20/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/13/2016 6:59:59 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:
12/27/2015 1:25:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:ZvD0tj7lmZsjHEZcorJySHnlJ6jT5GTPOVKpk/da:mDmmjkDHnr6jBVV/da

Entry address:
0x327D

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.9961  (probably packed)

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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