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0000e96ct8setup.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application 0000e96ct8setup.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network 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 Mindspark Custom Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network  (signed and verified)

MD5:
444a2b0461355da5c25a95cc2cc2c3be

SHA-1:
0e269b724d60c471c0359d6daa764b73240c4eb7

SHA-256:
a9bc79617a194efcb4fbf402d89f44ed7e67c5981050214001ab56483e1fd582

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/5/2024 2:30:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark (M)
17.3.15.20

File size:
11.6 MB (12,155,224 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Mindspark Custom Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\0000e96ct8setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/19/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2018 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:
438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/8/2015 2:13:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x4153

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, A4, 60, 40, 00, A3, 4C, FA, 40, 00, FF, 15, A0, 60, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 9C, 60, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 38, 61, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 98, 60, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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