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hss-3.40-install-hss.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-3.40-install-hss.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 filehippo.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address 74-115-2-210.anchorfree.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
3.40.0.24901

MD5:
bc56517f8f1fda4187c768af5ffc1538

SHA-1:
eb52ed67dad5aa59f24939660b1b59cf36057908

SHA-256:
9ecc389f4ba8ac95a2f4ee6d315c58a3816549d61ee2d8c87c03651e4c4aeb50

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 5:12:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
9.4 MB (9,832,120 bytes)

Product version:
3.40.0.24901

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-3.40-install-hss.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/4/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

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 3:22:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:st5ptS25H/RoDLnW/yJasCNmQQJySPHnlN5NR0/luA/Y9qIMgB+5y77SCFTe4BM:st5vS25HJcneCasYQJySHnlJH8It+5UM

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file hss-3.40-install-hss.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://www.hotspot-shield.com/hotspot-shield-download.php?&type=na

http://rpt.anchorfree.net/afrpt.php?afcid=2384&affr=click_upgradepage&dt=0&afUh=rss2search.com&afUp=/upgrade/&rdr=http://mydati.com/.../client&tag=HSSHIELD00EG&sip=184432641&afhss=hss77&cnl=HSSCNL000112

http://www.gezginler.net/indir/v/.../

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 74-115-2-210.anchorfree.com  (74.115.2.210:80)

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