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a0015971.exe

Ask.com

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The application a0015971.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f22c7ad17fff325f65e1a2a5bdb788f9

SHA-1:
cbb76c844317475974d15077ff3d26dd9510aa5c

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:
4/27/2024 2:12:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.2.11.15

File size:
51.4 KB (52,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/17/2008 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2011 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ask.com, L=Oakland, 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:
286F8A30E2EAC6965B936F826A05305D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2010 9:32:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:BDTZkmU1TkCxjfR4nk898v5gOcS74eb6o:BJ4V298v5gOzb3

Entry address:
0x17DF

Entry point:
E8, FE, 26, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, E8, BD, 40, 00, 89, 0D, E4, BD, 40, 00, 89, 15, E0, BD, 40, 00, 89, 1D, DC, BD, 40, 00, 89, 35, D8, BD, 40, 00, 89, 3D, D4, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 00, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, F4, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, D0, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, CC, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, C8, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, C4, BD, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, F8, BD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, EC, BD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, F0, BD, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, FC, BD, 40...
 
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Entropy:
6.3193

Code size:
26.5 KB (27,136 bytes)

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