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{941b0a7a-a82b-4b3b-bcb5-47bf9c5120f4}.exe

DownShotFree

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network/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 {941b0a7a-a82b-4b3b-bcb5-47bf9c5120f4}.exe, “DownShotFree Setup” 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 Setup Factory installer. This file is typically installed with the program DownShotFree Toolbar & Supporting Application by Mindspark Interactive Network which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

Publisher:

Mindspark Interactive Network (signed and verified)

Product:

DownShotFree

Description:

DownShotFree Setup

Version:

1.1.0.213

MD5:

98a401e43ca26a09d2202821af23b85a

SHA-1:

be6def2691c040fca0ef28c6fbe5d1b6991ee023

SHA-256:

3da118434eb9c346f2730a18d5febfe38368ac96161ee63d432694ba6250fedc

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.

Analysis date:

7/6/2025 3:40:01 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)

16.1.16.1

File size:

3.4 MB (3,590,424 bytes)

Product version:

1.1.0.213

Original file name:

suf_launch.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Setup Factory

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\downshotfree_e0\bar\1.bin\{941b0a7a-a82b-4b3b-bcb5-47bf9c5120f4}.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:

8/27/2013 4:10:44 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:HhIm0gDHMxJWd6uxcsnlHR4x8x1UGomgkUinzEdj6zta3HLzOil:BImhCA6uGKlsgev1ktnTWfOil

Entry address:

0x29E1

Entry point:

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Code size:

22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file {941b0a7a-a82b-4b3b-bcb5-47bf9c5120f4}.exe has been discovered within the following program.

DownShotFree Toolbar & Supporting Application by Mindspark Interactive Network

Publisher's description - “When you installed one of our applications you were presented with the option to change your homepage and search settings to Ask.com. ”

support.mindspark.com

70% remove it

The file {941b0a7a-a82b-4b3b-bcb5-47bf9c5120f4}.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://ak.dl.downshotfree.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/DownShotFree/.../DownShotFreeSetup.exe

http://ak.dl.downshotfree.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/DownShotFree/1446220407994/.../DownShotFreeSetup.DownShotFree_e0.hkdelelcifnpnmiicckihplpfgcadflb.ch.exe

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