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hotspot_shield_6.5.2.exe

Wizard

International Data Group Poland S.A.

The application hotspot_shield_6.5.2.exe, “Wizard Setup ” by International Data Group Poland S.A has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. While running, it connects to the Internet address 199-255-210-51.anchorfree.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

Publisher:

International Data Group Poland S.A. (signed and verified)

Product:

Wizard

Description:

Wizard Setup

Version:

1.8.1.5

MD5:

8758b8a1ab70dbb9cc4a7ed2703632fc

SHA-1:

50078e77489a3251a1da9a06e2f1683967fbeaac

SHA-256:

a2f372f3b9554c10a56b3365395756ea79f02a574686295a62092c7fbb6cd6a5

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 10:11:06 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP (M)

17.3.9.9

File size:

1.8 MB (1,891,136 bytes)

Product version:

1.5.4

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\hotspot_shield_6.5.2.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

International Data Group Poland S.A.

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

8/30/2016 3:21:17 AM

Valid to:

8/31/2017 3:21:17 AM

Subject:

CN=International Data Group Poland S.A., O=International Data Group Poland S.A., L=Warszawa, C=PL

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

64A80379DAA3514FAED45E16

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/9/2014 12:58:13 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86... 
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Entropy:

7.9621

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 199-255-210-51.anchorfree.com (199.255.210.51:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to www.anchorfree.com (74.115.4.114:80)

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