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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-5.0.2-install-e-562-plain.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 expat-shield.software.informer.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.0.2.9347

MD5:
764cea4d4bf4764f257fb987fa7c99cd

SHA-1:
432934b6c70e486f4500dba05c0fcd2f4385a1ac

SHA-256:
a747581f8aa36d614b27ed26cde35466345bfeda23201dc2401f948ba084c96f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:09:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13.1 MB (13,697,608 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.2.9347

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.0.2-install-e-562-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 2:59:59 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 10:19:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:rYUrkxw3SCgLmWqOUsARJySPHnlN5NRh/ORFs7ZAlATtWhx9JMv:rYU4egLmWq8cJySHnlJHORF4JY5JC

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:
7.9951

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file hss-5.0.2-install-e-562-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://expat-shield.software.informer.com/.../

https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B66ZtI2QLw7fVUZjS29mZzM4NDQ&export=download

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-install-hss-431-conduit.exe

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

http://mydati.com/download/.../install-hss-upd.exe

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-install-hss-470-conduit.exe

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