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hss-5.2.1-install-plain-772-plain.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-5.2.1-install-plain-772-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 hotspot-shield.th.softonic.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

Publisher:

AnchorFree Inc (signed and verified)

Product:

Hotspot Shield

Version:

5.2.1.9543

MD5:

3fbde849095c6d3b6947a30bc8ad259d

SHA-1:

2a58875eefec4ca2496bfc49bd45390d2f2281c7

SHA-256:

8103d3a0591aeb129e73fa8a5087a155e6a5877af3e1f1154850e40ecfbf0044

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 5:38:56 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.AnchorFree.Installer.Meta (L)

16.6.10.9

File size:

12.8 MB (13,427,536 bytes)

Product version:

5.2.1.9543

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

HotspotShield

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\hss-5.2.1-install-plain-772-plain.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

AnchorFree Inc

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

5/20/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/13/2016 4:59:59 PM

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:

12/26/2015 10:25:41 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

393216:Fvfy7/yMU9bNU/dEJySHnlJ15xvwJ7I1FwkJe:07KMUN0qHnruJ+p4

Entry address:

0x327D

Entry point:

81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 55, 56, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 00, A3, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 18, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 80, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 55, E8, 51, 31, 00, 00, 3B, C5, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 53, 57, 68, F4, A2, 40, 00, E8, CE, 30, 00, 00, 68, EC, A2, 40, 00, E8, C4, 30, 00, 00, 68, E0, A2, 40, 00, E8, BA, 30, 00, 00, 6A, 09, E8, 1F, 31, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 18, 31, 00, 00, A3, 44, 8A, 7A, 00, FF, 15, 44, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF... 
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Entropy:

7.9961 (probably packed)

Code size:

24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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http://hotspot-shield-elite.nl.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=1/6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAN8EJnRARyiInv YnRfFE/.../L18qbm2b8wRRrRWD2RzKpHUJBfANwZ0wzfIpO3t1A==

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http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fm6eHoKCimJo=

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temp:HSS-5.2.1-install-plain-772-plain.exe

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http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fm6aQoKGhmZY=

http://hotspot-shield-elite.ar.softonic.com/start-download/.../f137fc5b4e97a8df141af6276f911229

http://hotspot-shield.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fm6aQo6OolJw=

http://hotspot-shield.softonic.com.br/download-tracker?th=1/6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAN8EJnRARyiInv YnRfFE/.../L18qbm2b8wRRrRWD2RzKpHUJBfANwZ0wzfIpO3t1A==

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