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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-5.4.3-install-plain-773-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.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hotspot Shield

Version:
5.4.3.9703

MD5:
5c1974e8976d7d871a545b4cd06a7c00

SHA-1:
eb1f3fb0abf1ae2ea393eedf93c566b4c07ccb1e

SHA-256:
2431056a22eee20bc9c13d50a731eb095494f24d0816bde1609a9182980ef0f4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 1:53:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
11.7 MB (12,221,760 bytes)

Product version:
5.4.3.9703

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hss-5.4.3-install-plain-773-plain.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2016 12:59:59 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:
12/27/2015 6:25:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:fBzWDrlluS33ccXyysPDpLEMCSgdzQA/WySPHnlN0QvxS/j6fx8SDo3RsNC4u5+R:ZzArRnLob61SgRQRySHnlGQory3o3RwR

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9955  (probably packed)

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file hss-5.4.3-install-plain-773-plain.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 26 URLs.

temp:HSS-5.4.3-install-plain-773-plain.exe

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNi0yOSAxMjoyMTo1NA==/hotspot-shield/.../5.4.3

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNi0yOCAxNTo1MDo1OA==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

http://indir.gezginler.net/i/15284/.../

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNi0yOSAxNTo1NjowNw==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNi0xMCAxNTo1NzowNA==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/.../torbrowser-install-6.0.1_en-US.exe

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNi0yNSAyMjoyODozMg==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

http://indir.gezginler.net/i/15284/.../

https://fr.proxfree.com/page.php?get=PcY1ham/d c1d4BdN2KKeuH9dSmFobk6UjWVQJm/T/.../lfpWVY0X6SOp6DvL6q 4uPWocPpreZvg==&key=d95d36cb67e688c7&bit=1

http://www.raidcall.com.ru/direct.php?url=https://mydati.com//download/hss-win2/HSS-773.exe&uid=13413943&param=3Eeac9xTxs3FZy9MbTPggo e/hOK/ie1mKN/gWph/.../Mu6gRFCTik=

http://telecharger.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/.../GRATUIT-5.4.3.9703.html?ac57517

http://indir.gezginler.net/i/15284/.../

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNi0xMSAxNDoyOTozOA==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNi0yNSAyMDoyNDoyMg==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

http://indir.gezginler.net/i/15284/.../

https://us1.proxysite.com/process.php?d=x5B99EOBGllGjoXcWlqcistROXcPi289ptakjT2CsqDpP1aTJT5tFCRJ8xU=&b=1

http://indir.gezginler.net/i/15284/.../

http://dl3.vessoft.com/files2/h/hotspotshield_windows/5.4.3/.../HSS-5.4.3-install-plain-773-plain.exe

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNi0yNCAyMjowMzo0MA==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

http://indir.gezginler.net/i/15284/.../

http://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-773.exe

https://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-773.exe

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNi0wNS0zMSAyMjo0NjoyMw==/hotspot-shield/windows/.../

https://mydati.com/download/.../HSS-773.exe

http://mydati.com//download/.../HSS-773.exe

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