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Setup.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 file Setup.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. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.42.0.26168

MD5:
bb40557e3ede47e15e821da8e7caf396

SHA-1:
3983c1e3d8ba62c08906b2e21649188959f06aa2

SHA-256:
e76d6d921a4defd20c18d8d081a563820fd852405ec2c8093399da78d5513820

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 3:10:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AnchorFree.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.29.9

File size:
7.4 MB (7,774,104 bytes)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/3/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=AnchorFree Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AnchorFree Inc, L=Mountain View, 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:
33AB2385DD942A55035128EE9EA2B63E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 9:22:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:S0R25H5QDJcryTutMBySPHnlRQz2SqnFE:Sq25HXccmySHnl6jqne

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...
 
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Entropy:
7.9969

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 9 URLs.

http://download.installpack.ru/Hotspot_Shield_Ru_Setup.exe

http://fs.getpedia.org/download/.../hotspotshield-setup_366.exe

http://bcdn.softcdn.ru/5.html?parameter=Hotspot_Shield_Ru_Setup.exe&clr=1&se=besplatnyeprogrammy.ru&cid=664283744.1466373849&uid=20270391.63177358&ref=NO_REF

http://cdn.whitedownloadswindow.com/c?x=zwasJcfgCt0Q57yrfVQN7MoavAy0XL0padhOYqEha/4=&c=jgbN0xYYWe1blPcT/rJjWG5vWoscxZ7G2eYYT5u rvFWJGgIa/21/ 0ILRItbwofTg1m8nqZ8LIgcdD5xTmyC228soj17QV/CoLWpFbiVrSLkashw5SS9VVdIlkxOqfg4PWfHly3q4yMTKgjYCNuDg==&fallback_url=http://pf.downloadshareware.com/s/1435978832/en/8/.../84579-1806475-hotspot-shield.exe&downloadAs=hotspot-shield-4.15.1.exe

http://cdn.cleanbundleshome.com/c?x=0I45yFHX4dYslDf59yxnHcTASwsfOUX4C1DzhDarZkw=&c=vkIC n7QKSgbqZ6JSxk0SlIuvtUawxFGjpDFUI8LsGIk6Uod3GnAcLuHJ2bECk1c6q/umho3sa9RMoJKyGkT2jDJYXvqjyvIzep5oAk4eZrRkJAx3xRmJBa2w6GTX p88JSgDTjXu6/QQ2jM5OREVw==&fallback_url=http://pf.downloadshareware.com/s/1436088194/en/8/.../84579-1806475-hotspot-shield.exe&downloadAs=hotspot-shield-4.15.1.exe

http://hotspot-shield.1800download.com/get_azure_file/wUiS4WnYccXDyCf4UfO5CV530RJ0YyqsWxLzZNbB7bxyriWh5nUxk4JbcRP1Y/j2OXmulRwYayHZCeL ErQzwbBhx8 dBgmavCX8BlSh4Sfqmf6SpNrem3EzwvYtgEtGVmv VH0xxZ9142umCzrHXbtcydqha2ZeNqdnZ00dOOz9VHBtJ43cLVgoi6v2VX97LNq1kv8 TWO5uEiPxat D9G3dci8aXJf1sWvFqounBcHtNGpn1O7ZKh/.../oFAawqZnu1Ul8amDP 2AS18vRMnesTEHPg7l1agjilniDFgFsY3tXHNw=

http://pf.downloadshareware.com/s/1435685853/en/8/.../84579-1806475-hotspot-shield.exe

http://nextwap.loliwap.com/4shared.php?captcha=zpn&cat=file&id=e3P5pO0Xce&name=Hss_3.42_Install_Plain_701_Plain.exe&ext=exe

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-701.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 74-115-2-220.anchorfree.com  (74.115.2.220:80)

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