Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution:
Modifies the following registry keys:
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] 'help' = 'wscript.exe //B "%APPDATA%\help.vbs"'
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] 'help' = 'wscript.exe //B "%APPDATA%\help.vbs"'
Creates or modifies the following files:
- %HOMEPATH%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\help.vbs
Creates the following files on removable media:
- <Drive name for removable media>:\help.vbs
Modifies file system:
Creates the following files:
- %TEMP%\HSS-5.20.2-update.exe
- %APPDATA%\Hotspot Shield\report\CrashRpt1403.dll
- %APPDATA%\Hotspot Shield\report\crashrpt_lang.ini
- %APPDATA%\Hotspot Shield\report\zlib1.dll
- %APPDATA%\Hotspot Shield\report\af_proxy.dll
- %APPDATA%\Hotspot Shield\report\af_proxy_cmd_rep.exe
- %TEMP%\nsm3.tmp\nsProcess.dll
- %ProgramFiles%\Hotspot Shield\htdocs\updatestatus.html
- %TEMP%\nsm3.tmp\zlib1.dll
- %TEMP%\nsm3.tmp\af_proxy.dll
- %APPDATA%\Hotspot Shield\report\CrashSender1403.exe
- %TEMP%\nsm3.tmp\updatestatus.exe
- %TEMP%\hssinst32.dll
- %APPDATA%\help.vbs
- %TEMP%\nsm3.tmp\ExecDos.dll
- %TEMP%\HssInstaller.exe
- %TEMP%\nsm3.tmp\nsisos.dll
- %TEMP%\nsm3.tmp\UserInfo.dll
- %TEMP%\nsm3.tmp\System.dll
- %TEMP%\hss_update.exe
- %TEMP%\help.vbs
- %TEMP%\HssInstaller.txt
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Hotspot Shield\logs\af_proxy_cmd_rep_20180813.log
Sets the 'hidden' attribute to the following files:
- <Drive name for removable media>:\help.vbs
Deletes the following files:
- %TEMP%\HssInstaller.exe
- %TEMP%\hssinst.dll
Moves the following files:
- from %TEMP%\hssinst32.dll to %TEMP%\hssinst.dll
Substitutes the following files:
- %TEMP%\HssInstaller.exe
Network activity:
Connects to:
- 'localhost':1036
- 'ab####ik.linkpc.net':100
- 'rp##.#nchorfree.net':80
TCP:
HTTP GET requests:
- http://rp##.#nchorfree.net/wr-install.php?4K######################################################################################################
UDP:
- DNS ASK ab####ik.linkpc.net
- DNS ASK rp##.#nchorfree.net
Miscellaneous:
Creates and executes the following:
- '%TEMP%\HSS-5.20.2-update.exe'
- '<SYSTEM32>\wscript.exe' "%TEMP%\help.vbs"
- '%TEMP%\hss_update.exe'
- '%TEMP%\HssInstaller.exe' -iswow64
- '<SYSTEM32>\wscript.exe' //B "%APPDATA%\help.vbs"
- '%APPDATA%\Hotspot Shield\report\af_proxy_cmd_rep.exe' -P -H hash -O -T it -o 7 -u "http://rp##.#nchorfree.net/wr-install.php?dm########################################"
- '%APPDATA%\Hotspot Shield\report\af_proxy_cmd_rep.exe' -H hash -O -T it -o 7 -u http://rp##.#nchorfree.net/wr-install.php?dm########################################
