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hss-5.2.2-install-hss-805-ext.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-5.2.2-install-hss-805-ext.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.tr.softonic.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.2.2.9547

MD5:
9d1c3b2a9aa56990eba888eee20f96ef

SHA-1:
49a38d421da7130adc77b6ac917e915b7a69d021

SHA-256:
2cc8f02d119a7a45d0d2b0011901e9ce736e720fae2c5dd5f023f6c2e925ca2f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 2:27:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
13 MB (13,626,320 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.2.9547

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.2.2-install-hss-805-ext.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:Gv/GWFdn+CLGKWNgUI7JySHnlJ/Fe2mNf:ZoVWRWHnrN+

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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