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allin1convertsetup2.5.15.15.pd^ayy^xdm685^yya^es.stf_es_160x600_ie.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Allin1Convert/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 allin1convertsetup2.5.15.15.pd^ayy^xdm685^yya^es.stf_es_160x600_ie.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. This is a setup program which is used to install the application.
Publisher:
Allin1Convert  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
Allin1Convert

Version:
2, 0, 5, 6

MD5:
758311dadce18511cc92875989abb6c3

SHA-1:
dfd0c91fbd85ac352d16236dc248aff68fb22318

SHA-256:
ced2cf74a415fe4e4012391df19765acd8d2753eb86a7d1ac217b1b1236bd826

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:
4/20/2024 1:48:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)
16.1.25.17

File size:
5.7 MB (5,970,256 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 5, 6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2009 - 2014

Original file name:
8hSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\allin1convertsetup2.5.15.15.pd^ayy^xdm685^yya^es.stf_es_160x600_ie.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/20/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2018 11:59:59 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 2:12:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:vNn57GPzaNfEHOC6ocg/RcG6orUled5z7UKZKyuN/mGvjymJ1AkxIKkKvTx:vNZGPzMEHKocg/R5X2ed5z7HvWjyTkKm

Entry address:
0x3E58

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 00, 51, 40, 00, A3, 14, 8B, 40, 00, FF, 15, 8C, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 88, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 64, 51, 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, 84, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
16 KB (16,384 bytes)

The file allin1convertsetup2.5.15.15.pd^ayy^xdm685^yya^es.stf_es_160x600_ie.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/211827548.LAESLA.3/467143-150527160529-LAESLA.3/.../Allin1ConvertSetup2.5.15.15.pd^AYY^xdm685^YYA^es.STF_ES_160x600_IE.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www187.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to anx.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)

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