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win4182-e-550.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 win4182-e-550.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 customer45464.musvc2.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
4.18.2.9276

MD5:
6fd32a0da48dba5b7efc8f43c11caed3

SHA-1:
7c26a129ffb266e79370a1a97979af46333abff1

SHA-256:
fdc532e7c20c445c164bc5f0dbb1a17dc4e8dd1640a03e0e68a15541170d41de

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 1:23:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13.8 MB (14,429,272 bytes)

Product version:
4.18.2.9276

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\win4182-e-550.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 3:59:59 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:
2/24/2012 11:19:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:tdFjwAnDBFqZCKg83yQG9hJySHnlJKmw0eW5Bjm1Cmjomv:tdFTD+CWhuVHnr9Vm1CIoM

Entry address:
0x3899

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, 68, 92, 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, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, D8, 16, 7F, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, F0, 15, 7F, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, 92, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 92, 40, 00, 68, E0, 95, 7E, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 20, 84, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9953

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file win4182-e-550.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://customer45464.musvc2.net/.../t?q=9=IXHbI&E=E&J=FaG&K=FXHXGTMZ&0=A8P5_Keye_Vo_Nfvd_Xu_Keye_UtD8LwOvKs79.63I_7tgv_G97Q5I3N9_Keye_UtSxGHWMU-s-aJc.sTt&7=17p4oQ8OqX.388

http://customer45464.musvc2.net/.../t?q=5=BU0XB&B=7&F=9X9&G=9T7Y9VAY&3=8zLx_HWuX_Sg_JYsV_Tn_HWuX_Rl01IoKoHk32.3uE_zqYr_06yMxFuJ2_HWuX_RlOqD0SFR-k-WCZ.kPm&4=s3i1gM1LiT.v5z

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