home

hss-install-e-550-plain.exe

Hotspot Shield

The application hss-install-e-550-plain.exe 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from mirror.warer.com.
Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.37.0.23940

MD5:
1f7fc44eef50542a34bf957c393665cf

SHA-1:
8adf0c46ff2f449c72ee1883bc6e83f2022572ee

SHA-256:
a6e6088105441646711edff0f1f1d561dfbff912f4604117254e5ff6a70187cd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 1:14:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.HSS.Installer.Meta (M)
16.4.27.5

File size:
922.2 KB (944,288 bytes)

Product version:
3.37.0.23940

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-install-e-550-plain.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 6:52:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:8tCMj0TRs7UK4CaRQmF6KWjya3hJ84wQzM7okE1VQPMX5ZO6PIJ:8rBetQMZy3hJHJM7m1VQi5i

Entry address:
0x33FF

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, 70, 85, 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, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, EE, 7E, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, ED, 7E, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 6C, 85, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 54, 85, 40, 00, 68, C0, 6D, 7E, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 83, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9585

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-install-e-550-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://mirror.warer.com/windows/apps/hotspot-shield/.../hotspot-shield.exe

Remove hss-install-e-550-plain.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.