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hss-5.4.1-install-plain-773-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-5.4.1-install-plain-773-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 indir.gezginler.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.4.1.9699

MD5:
f812b1ebf5e038f69aabd89f8ffb61b1

SHA-1:
e889eb01f8712e5f747cdf5aaf0e51107a14b6bf

SHA-256:
e1ed4d298c2b79345956f978976584c85e0f772784ab5e6ae2f969a2c5f1247e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 10:42:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
11.6 MB (12,190,808 bytes)

Product version:
5.4.1.9699

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\hss-5.4.1-install-plain-773-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 1:59:59 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 8:25:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:EBzWDxXVmRWQsZ38GDO9i/l6uySPHnlNV7dj6fI8UWxBO4f35X/FNerrVavZ:2zAxEcpD7/l5ySHnln5JvWxBO4BX9urs

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:
7.9955  (probably packed)

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file hss-5.4.1-install-plain-773-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 10 URLs.

http://indir.gezginler.net/i/15284/.../

http://indir.gezginler.net/i/15284/.../

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-5.4.1-install-plain-773-plain.exe

ftp://192.168.1.103:8888/storage/sdcard0/.../HSS-773.exe

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNS0yNiAxNjoyNzoxNg==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNS0yMSAxODo1NDowNA==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-773.exe

https://p-ams2.pcloud.com/.../HSS-5.4.1-install-plain-773-plain.exe

https://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-773.exe

https://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-773.exe

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