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HssUpdater.exe

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 file HssUpdater.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The program is a setup application that uses the HotspotShield installer.
Publisher:
AnchorFree Inc.  (signed by AnchorFree Inc)

Version:
1, 0, 1, 1

MD5:
c198041a7c1d40e8eac7cbfb740c184a

SHA-1:
8492894f770ed0a7059c8d08fd5cc5d7d5f94ac3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:30:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
(M)
16.6.10.9

File size:
2.9 MB (3,040,304 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 1, 1

Copyright:
Copyright 2008

Original file name:
HssUpdater.exe

Installer:
HotspotShield

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\hss2.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnchorFree Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/14/2009 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/15/2011 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AnchorFree Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AnchorFree Inc, L=Sunnyvale, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3BD8C502DD23799E0549BD38965AA68D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2009 3:13:28 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:7VKn3JdAJKYaIJqozoKH19m72sFiySdkow8ffltQm1JqrnZ+7dlSmhNPpH6aOyei:7VKn3JCJKYa0qos09XySdkow8nlRwn8D

Entry address:
0x2F12

Entry point:
E8, 09, 4D, 00, 00, E9, A5, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 57, FF, 35, 08, 3E, 41, 00, E8, 0D, 28, 00, 00, FF, 35, 04, 3E, 41, 00, 8B, F8, 89, 7D, FC, E8, FD, 27, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 59, 59, 3B, F7, 0F, 82, 83, 00, 00, 00, 8B, DE, 2B, DF, 8D, 43, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 77, 57, E8, 95, 56, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 43, 04, 59, 3B, F8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, F8, 73, 02, 8B, C7, 03, C7, 3B, C7, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, 23, 56, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 47, 10, 3B, C7, 72, 40, 50, FF, 75...
 
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Entropy:
7.9738  (probably packed)

Code size:
49 KB (50,176 bytes)

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